The "985 Project" is a higher education construction project implemented by China government to build a number of world-class universities and a number of internationally renowned high-level research universities. The "985 Engineering Superiority Discipline Innovation Platform Project" is a national education construction project, which is oriented to the key areas and major demands urgently needed by the development of the country and the industry, focuses on the national science and technology development strategy and the frontier of disciplines, strengthens the discipline structure adjustment, promotes the interdisciplinary, and greatly improves the scientific and technological innovation ability of the construction disciplines and the ability to solve major bottlenecks restricting economic and social development.

2 1 1:

"2 1 1 project" is the challenge of the world's new technological revolution. Facing the 2 1 century, the government of China should concentrate the strength of the central and local governments and build about 100 institutions of higher learning and a number of key disciplines and majors in stages. By the year 2000, the quality of education, scientific research, management level and the efficiency of running a school will be improved. Remarkable progress has been made in education reform, and a number of construction projects of institutions of higher learning, disciplines and specialties are expected to approach or reach the level of world-class universities at the beginning of 2 1 century. "2 1 1 Project" is the largest key construction project in the field of higher education officially approved by the state since the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is also the development plan of higher education and the reform project of higher education system proposed by the state during the ninth five-year plan period.

Midwest 100:

In order to effectively improve the school-running ability of colleges and universities in the central and western regions, improve the quality of personnel training, and promote the revitalization of higher education in the central and western regions and the coordinated development of regional higher education, the experimental conditions of basic teaching in a number of ordinary undergraduate colleges and universities in the central and western regions have been greatly improved, the quality structure of teachers has been optimized, the students' learning, practice, employment and innovation and entrepreneurship levels have been significantly improved, the school-running characteristics have gradually become prominent, and the ability of higher education to serve economic and social development has been significantly enhanced. The National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Education organized and implemented the "Central University Basic Capacity Building Project". The project lasts for five years and plans to support about 65.438 million local colleges and universities in 24 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government in the central and western regions. Most of the selected universities are a university.