Because it was put forward in May of 1998, the name came from it, so it was called 985. 985 universities refer to those institutions of higher learning selected for the 985 Project in China.
Brief introduction of 985 project:
Project 985 refers to an important decision made by the Chinese Production Party, the people of China and the State Council at the turn of the century to build a world-class university.
1On May 4th, 998, he declared to the whole society on behalf of China * * * Production Party, China people * * and the Central People's Government: "If China wants to realize modernization, it must have a number of first-class universities with world-class standards."
The first batch of ***9 985 Project Construction Universities (namely, the Nine Universities Alliance), namely Peking University, Tsinghua University, China University of Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Xi Jiaotong University, Nanjing University, Zhejiang University and Harbin Institute of Technology, were approved to build 39 985 Project Universities.
The difference between 985 and 2 1 1 is as follows:
1, with different levels: the level of the 985 school is slightly higher than that of the 2 1 1 school, and most of the 985 universities are vice-ministerial universities directly under the Ministry of Education.
2. Different training objectives: Project 2 1 1 focuses on three parts: key disciplines, public service system and overall construction of colleges and universities, and the core lies in the construction of key disciplines. Project 985 aims at innovative team building, platform and base building, conditional support and international exchanges and cooperation.
3. Different status: 985 University is a world-class university (first-class at home and abroad), and 2 1 1 University is a national key university (domestic key).
2 1 1 Project Description:
Project 2 1 1 (English name: Project 2 1 1) is a construction project for 2 1 century, focusing on the construction of about 100 universities and a number of key disciplines.
2 1 1 Project is the largest and highest-level key construction project in the field of higher education initiated by the state since the founding of New China. This is an important measure taken by the China government to implement the strategy of "rejuvenating the country through science and education", and it is also an important decision made by the Chinese nation to develop higher education in the face of the domestic and international situation at the turn of the century.