985 is better. One of the national key universities *** 1 15, also called "2 1 1", but some remote areas here belong to the nature of state care. Then select 38 universities with the best strength from this 1 15 as "985". In short, 985 is one level higher than 2 1 1, and it is the most famous school in China, such as Tsinghua, Peking University, Fudan University, Nankai and so on.