The Central Conservatory of Music is good at bel canto, piano and ballet, but others are not weak. It is a college with strong disciplines. After all, it is the Central Conservatory of Music.
If you want to learn a national musical instrument, you'd better take an examination of China Conservatory of Music. Most of the masters of national musical instruments are in China Conservatory of Music. However, if you want to learn pipa, it is not bad to choose the Central Conservatory of Music. Professor Zhang Hongyan is in the Central Conservatory of Music. She is the first in China.
If you study piano, you can take the Central Conservatory of Music or Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Of course, China Conservatory of Music is the only Steinway Piano Academy in China, and the pianos here are still good.
In a word, China Conservatory of Music and Central Conservatory of Music are both universities with absolute strength, but their teaching characteristics are different.