Not 985 or 2 1 1 university. According to China Education Network, Zhanjiang Normal University is neither a 985 university nor a 2 1 1 university, but an ordinary undergraduate college in Guangdong Province with a history of 100 years of normal education. Zhanjiang, a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, formerly known as "Guangzhou Bay" or "Port City", is located at the southernmost tip of Chinese mainland, in the southwest of Guangdong Province.