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Rank of provinces with the largest number of key universities
The provinces with the largest number of key universities are ranked as follows:

1, Jiangsu province, * * * has 167 universities: Jiangsu province is the most developed province in China, with two 985 (Nanjing University and Southeast University),1121universities.

2. There are 154 universities in Guangdong Province. Guangdong is the largest province in China with 2 985 universities, namely Sun Yat-sen University and South China University of Technology. 2 1 1 There are four universities, namely Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Technology, Jinan University and South China Normal University.

3. Shandong Province, * * * owns 152 colleges and universities: Shandong Province owns 2 985 colleges and universities, namely Shandong University and China Ocean University, and 3 2 1 1 colleges and universities, namely Shandong University, China Ocean University and China Youshi University (East China).

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Key universities refer to universities supported by the people of China and Chinese mainland, which have different meanings in different periods.

1959 the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's decision to designate a number of key universities in colleges and universities identified 20 universities as national key universities; 1960 "central government's decision on increasing national key institutions of higher learning" added 44 universities as national key universities;

1978 "the State Council forwarded the report of the Ministry of Education on restoring and running national key universities well" identified 88 universities as national key universities, and the number increased gradually to 198 1,1,which is the concept of key universities in the planned economy era.