The excellent teacher program is a national program implemented by the Ministry of Education, which aims to select and train high-level backbone teachers and has been implemented for many years. Excellent college graduates can be admitted through the unified recruitment examination, interview and other links, and enter the excellent teacher program to receive three-year systematic training, including pedagogy, psychology, teaching methods and other courses and practical teaching.

Normal college students at public expense refer to students studying in normal colleges funded by the government free of charge. There are two types of normal students at public expense: one is ordinary normal students, that is, students admitted to normal majors through ordinary college entrance examinations, and the government gives certain rewards and subsidies according to the needs of disciplines; The other is to direct or entrust normal students. According to the policy and needs, the government will provide students with tuition, living expenses and other kinds of assistance for the whole major.

On the whole, there are some differences between the excellent teacher program and the public-funded normal students in terms of selection methods, training contents and training purposes, but they are all important measures implemented by the government to strengthen the construction of teachers.