1978, the State Council identified 88 national key universities. From 1978 to 198 1,1/national key universities have gradually increased to 198 1 * * 99 key universities. These 99 national key universities have been merged and renamed and evolved into 90 national key universities today.

Beijing (23) Peking University Tsinghua University China Renmin University Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Beijing Normal University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, University of Science and Technology Beijing

Beijing university of chemical technology Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing Foreign Studies University

Central Conservatory of Music Beijing Forestry University Beijing Sport University China Youshi University

China Geo University, Minzu University of China, university of international business and economics, North China Electric Power University

Beijing language and culture university China Communication University China Agricultural University

Tianjin (2) Nankai University Tianjin University

Hebei (1) Yanshan University

Inner Mongolia (1) Inner Mongolia University

Liaoning (5) Dalian University of Technology Northeastern University Dalian Maritime University Shenyang Agricultural University

Liaoning Project Technology University

Jilin (1) Jilin University

Heilongjiang (3) Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Engineering University Northeast Petroleum University

Shanghai (7) Fudan University Shanghai Jiaotong University Tongji University East China Normal University

East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai International Studies University Donghua University

Jiangsu (10) Nanjing University Hohai University Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nanjing University of Science and Technology

Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology China University of Mining and Technology Southeast University

Jiangsu University China Pharmaceutical University

Zhejiang (1) Zhejiang University

Anhui (2) China University of Science and Technology Hefei University of Technology

Hubei (5) Wuhan University Huazhong University of Science and Technology China Geo University Wuhan University of Technology

Huazhong Agriculture University

Hunan (4) Xiangtan University National University of Defense Technology Central South University Hunan University

Guangdong (4) South China University of Technology Sun Yat-sen University South China Agricultural University Southern Medical University

Fujian (1) Xiamen University

Shandong (2) Shandong University China Ocean University

Shanxi (1) Shanxi Agricultural University

Chongqing (3) Sichuan (3) Chongqing University Southwest University Southwest University of Political Science and Law

Southwest Jiaotong University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Sichuan University

Yunnan (1) Yunnan University

Jiangxi (1) Jiangxi Agricultural University

Shaanxi (7) Xi Jiaotong University Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwest University Shaanxi University of Science and Technology

Xidian university Northwest A&F University Xi University of Architecture and Technology

Gansu (1) Lanzhou University

Xinjiang (1) Xinjiang University