1. Universities directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: A group of universities directly under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China are an important part of universities directly under the central government.

2. Universities directly under the Ministry of Education Several institutions of higher learning directly under the management of the Ministry of Education in People's Republic of China (PRC) are important components of institutions of higher learning directly under the central government.

Second, the schools involved are different.

1. Universities directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: including Beihang University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Harbin Engineering University, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Nanjing University of Science and Technology.

2. Universities directly under the Ministry of Education: including Tsinghua University, Peking University, Zhejiang University, Xiamen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Wuhan University, Communication University of China, China Renmin University, China University of Mining and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Youshi University of China, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Jilin University, etc.

Extended data:

According to the Decision of the State Council on Further Adjusting the Management System and Layout Structure of Schools Affiliated to Departments (Units) in the State Council (Guo Fa [1999] No.26), the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense continues to manage its schools.

According to the "Decision on Institutional Reform in the State Council" adopted at the first meeting of the 11th National People's Congress on March 6th, 2008, the institutional setup of "Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense" is no longer retained;

The responsibilities of the former Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense other than nuclear power management were merged into the newly established Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, and the universities directly under the former Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense were placed under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China accordingly.

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