"2 1 1 project", that is, a construction project oriented to 2 1 century, has about 100 key institutions of higher learning and a number of key disciplines, and has been working hard for several years.

100 Universities and a number of key disciplines have greatly improved their education quality, scientific research, management level and school-running efficiency.

Great progress has been made in the reform of higher education, especially in the reform of management system, which has become a base for cultivating high-level talents and solving major problems in economic construction and social development.

Harbin Engineering University, referred to as "Harbin Project" for short, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, which is jointly established by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang Province and Harbin City. It is "project 2 1 1".