Founded in 1981, the College of Continued Education has always been an important part of ZZILI and always under its direct and macro leadership. The strong faculty and the excellent teaching environment ensure the rapid development of the college.

　　In 1989, the college took the education form of the correspondence college and evening college. In 1993, it established a special administrative department—Adult Education Center. Now various forms are taken, including full time, spare time, correspondence college, evening college, etc. and a schooling system is set up consisting of various levels: high school course—undergraduate course, 2 to 3 year higher education program--undergraduate course, professional course–undergraduate course, high school course-professional course, 3 plus 2, etc. Various training programs are conducted: non-certification adult education class, self-education tutorial class, specialized training class and vocational-technical class, etc. And many correspondent stations are established in Guangdong, Anhui, Guangxi, Hunan, Shanxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yuannan and Anyang, Nanyang in Henan province, etc. Adult education is becoming a more and more important means to link ZZILI with the society. For a decade, the college turned out 12,000 graduates for society.

　　In order to satisfy the needs of the higher education reform in China, the authorities changed the original adult education center into the College of Continued Education in May 2001, to take charge of various forms of schooling: adult education, higher vocational education, remote education, on-the job postgraduate education, vocational-technical training, and various kinds of training programs. Currently, the college is divided into 26 majors, with art design, electronic information and technology, and business management as its core ones. It has an enrollment of 2,000.

　　In the long period of schooling, the college, adhering to the socialist orientation and laying down high standard, manages to study the methods of adult education and accumulate teaching and management experience. Therefore, the education quality is enhancing, the management system is being improved and the social prestige is heightening. Lots of the graduates, as core members and technical personnel, etc. in their respective fields, are unanimously welcomed for their overall high quality. Some won rewards from provincial industrial design contest, and some furthered their studies by pursuing bachelor’s degree.

　　In 2002, according to the requirements of the overall reform of ZZILI, The party branch of the college decided to carry out new system of post competition and put forward the overall guideline of “stressing on both scale and profits by accumulating resources and under single management”, thus inputting new vigor into the college and leading it into a new stage of development.

　　In order to cultivate qualified personnel for socialist modernization and make great contribution to the schooling of ZZILI, The College of Continued Education is now continuing its strides in teaching, research and reform.