Official website of South China Agricultural University shows that it is a national "double-class" undergraduate college, which has a certain popularity and influence among agricultural universities, but it is not included in the list of "2 1 1 Project" or "985 Project". "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project" refer to the key construction projects initiated by the Ministry of Education of China in the years of 1995 and 1998, aiming at improving the education and scientific research level of China University.