on the basis of demonstrating the historical development of two modes of traditional and modern vocational education,the paper analyzes in detail their respective connotation which underlines industrial attributes of traditional vocational education and educational attributes and servicing-society attributes of modern vocational education.Based on the features of "multi-characteristics" of vocational education,expression and thinking of diversified attributes of faculty as "multi-teaching",and school-running subject of "diversification" and talents specification of " multi-certificates".