The Broadcasting and Television University is an important part of the higher education course in China. It is an open higher education school for distance education with the application of modern electric information techniques such as broadcasting, television, character, audio and video teaching materials, computer and networks. China Broadcasting and Television University is an open distance education system covering the rural and urban areas nationwide. It consists of the Central Broadcasting and Television University, 44 provincial broadcasting and television universities, 841 branch schools of cities and districts and 1742 county working stations. It is the biggest distance education system in the world, and ranks the first of ten "super" open universities in the world. The broadcasting and television university holds higher and secondary diploma education in the whole country. It mainly faces the cultivation of local and fundamental special application talent. At the same time, the university also holds various employment training and continuous education to provide the opportunity and condition of life-long education for students. The recruit objects are employees with graduation certificates of ordinary senior high schools, vocational senior high schools, technician schools and secondary technical schools, social youth, middle-aged and senior people. If the students passed the examination within regulated term, they can acquire the diploma certificates of higher technical courses��undergraduate courses acknowledged by the country. The higher diploma and graduation certificates of the broadcasting and television universities are acknowledged in countries of Europe and America, so they are called "International Diploma Green Card".