There are 1 16 universities selected in the national "21project". There are three colleges in Jilin: Jilin University, Northeast Normal University and Yanbian University.

"2 1 1" project refers to the construction project of about 100 colleges and universities and a number of key disciplines facing 2 1 century. It was officially launched on 1995 1 1 with the approval of the State Council.

"2 1 1 Project" is the largest and highest-level key construction work 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.

The main contents of "2 1 1 Project" include the overall conditions of the school, key disciplines and the construction of public service system for higher education. Construction projects implement the project legal person responsibility system, bidding system and project supervision system; Each "2 1 1 project" school shall set up a project legal person to organize the implementation of the project legal representative, and the relevant provincial (district) authorities shall set up a "2 1 1 project" construction leading group to form a three-level management system at the central, provincial (district) and school levels.