Technical schools in Gansu Province mainly include Longbei Technical School, Lanzhou Railway Technician College, Gansu National Defense Technical School, Lanzhou Health School and Gansu Chemical Senior Technical School. Technical schools are subordinate to the Director of Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, and the enrollment level includes junior high school graduates and senior high school graduates. Secondary technical education belongs to secondary education, equivalent to high school, and senior technicians belong to higher vocational education, which trains high-tech workers with the same level as universities.

The enrollment of technical colleges is usually carried out after the end of nine-year compulsory education, which is equivalent to the level of high school, but ordinary high schools focus on the teaching of basic knowledge. Mathematics in technical colleges pays more attention to the cultivation of labor skills. After graduation, they have generally mastered the corresponding labor skills, and they can be competent for a certain job when they enter the society. All rural registered students with full-time status in technical colleges, non-agricultural registered students in counties and towns and students from urban low-income families can enjoy state grants. The subsidy standard is 1500 yuan per student per year, which is used to subsidize students' living expenses.