1On May 4th, 1998, Jiang Zemin, then president, declared to the whole society on behalf of the central people's governments of China and People's Republic of China (PRC) on the anniversary of Peking University 100: "In order to realize modernization, China should have a number of first-class universities with world advanced level.

985 refers to the construction of a high-level research university with international standards and a world-class university proposed by President Jiang when he attended the celebration of Peking University on 1985. Therefore, Project 985, also known as a world-class university, occupies a very important position in the whole society. There are 39 colleges and universities selected for the "985 Project", which are generally powerful institutions.

2 1 1 refers to about 100 national key institutions of higher learning facing 2 1 century. At present, the project has selected 1 16 universities. These universities are called 2 1 1 universities for short. 2 1 1 Universities are mainly national key universities. The main purpose of establishing 2 1 1 University is to systematize universities in China.