Is Chinese major the same as Chinese language and literature major?

It's different. The concept category of Chinese major is larger than that of Chinese language and literature major. In junior college, Chinese major is Chinese language; At the undergraduate level, Chinese major is Chinese language and literature; In the postgraduate stage, the concept of Chinese major has been expanded, including literature, philology, linguistics, literary theory, philology and so on. They are all called Chinese majors. Even in the undergraduate stage, Chinese language and literature is the official name of the subject, and Chinese major is just a popular name. Strictly speaking, this major is different. "Chinese language and literature" is the general name of the whole Chinese major. For example, some schools call the Chinese Department "China Literature Department", while others call it "China Language and Literature Department".

"Chinese language major" is an informal title, which can be broadly equated with "Chinese language and literature", including "linguistics" and "literature". In a narrow sense, it refers to "ancient Chinese", "modern Chinese" and "teaching Chinese as a foreign language".

Chinese language and literature majors train Chinese language and literature professionals who have the basic theories, knowledge and skills of Chinese language and literature and can engage in practical work such as literary criticism, Chinese language and literature teaching and research, and cultural propaganda in news, literature and art publishing departments, scientific research institutions, institutions and enterprises. The major corresponding to Chinese language and literature is Chinese education, and its training targets are teachers, teaching researchers and other educational staff engaged in Chinese language and literature teaching and teaching research in universities and technical secondary schools.

This major is to cultivate systematic knowledge of Chinese language and literature with literary theory, and engage in practical work in literary criticism, teaching, research, culture and publicity of Chinese language and literature in news, literature and publishing departments, universities, scientific research institutions and institutions.