Jinan University, referred to as "Jida" for short, is headquartered in Guangzhou and directly under the leadership of the United Front Work Department. The university is jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the United Front Work Department and Guangdong Province. It is a national "double-class" and national "2 1 1 project" construction university; Selected in the National "985 Platform", "1 1 plan", "201/plan" and excellent doctoral education and training plan. So the universities are 985 and 2 1 1.