Objective To establish the norms for the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) in higher vocational nur-sing students in Heilongjiang province, and to provide references for evaluating the level of emotional intelligence in higher vocational nursing students. Methods Using stratified cluster sampling method, 2,466 higher vocational nursing students from 3 cities in Heilongjiang province were investigated by the WLEIS. Results The total WLEIS score was （64.66±13.24）, the scores of self-emotion appraisal, others′ emotion appraisal, regulation of emotion, and use of emotion were （66.41±14.60）,（65.04±15.42）,（62.69±17.31） and （64.50±16.10） respectively.Percentile norms were identified over each 5-percentile interval of raw scale scores and of dimension scores.Depending on the 10th, 30th, 70th, and 90th percentile, the total WLEIS score was rated in 5 le-vels:low, relatively low, medium, relatively high and high.Finally, norms were also provided for subgroups including student leaders, age, living condition, and parents′ education level. Conclusion The norms for the WLEIS has good representativeness and can be used as a standard for evaluation of emotional intelligence in higher vocational nursing students in Heilongjiang province.