The examination subjects, examination difficulty and candidates' range of technical secondary school college entrance examination are different from those of ordinary college entrance examination. The college entrance examination for technical secondary schools and the general college entrance examination are unified examinations organized by China's education departments. From this point of view, these two kinds of exams are formal full-time unified exams, but the difference is that the people who take the exams are different. The general college entrance examination is attended by senior three students, and the secondary school entrance examination is attended by secondary school students.

The people who take part in the secondary vocational college entrance examination are mainly students from secondary vocational schools, secondary vocational schools and secondary vocational schools. That is to say, what we call "three-school students" generally refers to secondary vocational students. The secondary vocational college entrance examination is designed for secondary vocational students. The general college entrance examination is the college entrance examination for senior three students. In terms of difficulty, the general college entrance examination is more difficult than the senior high school entrance examination.

The college entrance examination of secondary vocational schools takes Chinese, mathematics and English and obtains a certificate of professional skills. Only Chinese, foreign languages and mathematics are tested in the culture class. In addition to the number of languages tested, the general college entrance examination also needs a comprehensive literature or science. However, with the reform of the education system, there have been some branches of arts and sciences in many areas.

The secondary vocational college entrance examination and the general college entrance examination are both part of the college entrance examination system in China. Both exams are formal exams, with the same authority and nature, the same organization department, and the same certificate obtained later.