Education Network: It is a national academic computer Internet invested by the state, managed by the Ministry of Education, and built, managed and operated by Tsinghua University and other institutions of higher learning. Mainly for educational and scientific research institutions, it is the largest public welfare Internet in China. 1996 was recognized by the State Council as one of the four national backbone networks.

Purpose and significance:

1, which is beneficial to the development of education and scientific research in China: the education network enables teachers, graduate students and scientific researchers in most colleges and universities in China to study and carry out scientific research under the computer network environment of the whole country and even the whole world, greatly improving the teaching quality and scientific research level.

2. Conducive to the development of China's national economy: These projects can accelerate and promote the development of China's national economy informatization, enable China to participate in worldwide information exchange and technical competition, and make the information industry an important part of China's comprehensive national strength in the next century.

3. Conducive to the development of China's information superhighway: In the process of building an education network, we should make various technical preparations for the construction of China's information superhighway, conduct some experiments, accumulate experience, train teams, and strive to gradually narrow the gap with developed countries so as to be in a more active position in the world competition of information superhighway in the next century.