The typed development of vocational education is conducive to establishing its equal status with general education, and promoting the theoretical research and practical exploration on running the typed vocational education. At present, the dilemma of the typed development of vocational education includes: unclear orientation which implies its “inferior education” status relative to general education; an imperfect modern vocational education system that lacks high-level vocational education forms; shallow industry-education integration with indistinctive vocational education characteristics; and an incomplete guarantee system that fails to support a high level of vocational education. In order to promote the typed develop-ment of vocational education, it is necessary to clarify the type orientation of modern vocational education, explore postgraduate-level vocational education and integrate it into the modern vocational education system, further deepen industry-education integration to form distinctive vocational education characte-ristics, and strengthen system supply to provide adequate guarantee for modern vocational education.