According to the college students' necessary network query and the national list of 985 and 2 1 1 universities, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies is not a 985 university or a 21university. There are 39 985 colleges and universities in China,11521,among which there are 2 985 colleges and universities in Guangdong, namely Sun Yat-sen University and South China University of Technology. The four 2 1 1 universities are Sun Yat-sen University, Jinan University, South China University of Technology and South China Normal University, excluding the campus. At present, 985 and 2 1 1 universities are no longer recognized, and as a whole, they have been built into double-class universities, but 985 and 21/universities are still widely concerned by the society.
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, located in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, is a key university with distinctive international characteristics. It has been selected into the National "20 1 1 Plan", the National Postgraduate Program for Building High-level Universities, the National College Students' Cultural Quality Education Base, the Demonstration Base for Studying in China by the Ministry of Education, the Guangdong "21Plan", the key construction universities of high-level universities in Guangdong Province, and the collective action exchange program for Asian college students ("Asian Campus"). It is a cooperative university in China, a joint member of CIUTI and FIT, the first batch of units of WITTA, and an important base for international talent training, foreign languages and literature, global economic governance and international dissemination of Chinese culture in South China.