Project 985

Project 985 is a constructive project for founding world-class universities in the 21st century conducted by the government of the People's Republic of China.

On May 4 1998, President Jiang Zemin declared that "China must have a number of first-rate universities of international advanced level", so Project 985 was begun. In the initial phase, nine universitiescite journal | author=Li Lixu| title=China’s Higher Education Reform 1998-2003: A Summary| journal=Asia Pacific Education Review| year=2004| volume=V| issue=1| url=http://eri.snu.ac.kr/aper/pdf/Vol%205%20No%201%20July%202004%20PDF/02.Li%20Lixu.pdf| pages=14–22. Comrade Zemin quotation is on p.17.] were given grants in excess of CNY1,000,000,000 each, over a period of 3 years. The second phase, launched in 2004, expanded the programme until it has now reached almost 40 universities. Many participating universities receive tens of millions of yuan each year. cite journal | author=Pallavi Aiyar| title=China hunts abroad for academic talent| journal=Asia Times Online| year=2006| volume=Feb| issue=18| url=http://atimes.com/atimes/china_business/hb18cb05.html] A large part of the funding goes to academic exchange, allowing Chinese academics to participate in conferences abroad, and bringing foreign lecturers to China.cite journal | title=International Rankings and Chinese Higher Education Reform| journal=World Education News and Review| year=2006| volume=XIX| issue=5| url=http://www.wes.org/ewenr/06oct/practical.htm]

Participating comprehensive universities are required to devote at least 15% of project funds to humanities projects. For institutions focused on science and technology, this is lowered to 5%.Cite web|url=http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/newsletter/News39/text012.htm|title=China’s Universities on the Global Stage: Perspectives of University Leaders|accessdate=2008-04-03|publisher=Center for International Higher Education, Boston College|year=2005|author=Ruth Hayhoe and Julia Pan|work=International Higher Education]

Universities list

# Beijing Institute of Technology
# Beijing Normal University
# Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
# Central South University
# Central University for Nationalities
# China Agricultural University
# China University of Mining and Technology
# Chongqing University
# Dalian University of Technology
# Fudan University
# Harbin Institute of Technology
# Huazhong University of Science and Technology
# Hunan University
# Jilin University
# Lanzhou University
# Nanjing University
# Nankai University
# National University of Defense Technology
# Northeastern University
# Northwest A&F University
# Northwestern Polytechnical University
# Ocean University of China
# Peking University
# Renmin University of China
# Shandong University
# Shanghai Jiaotong University
# Sichuan University
# South China University of Technology
# Southeast University
# Sun Yat-sen University
# Tianjin University
# Tongji University
# Tsinghua University
# University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
# University of Science and Technology of China
# Wuhan University
# Xiamen University
# Xi'an Jiaotong University
# Zhejiang University
# East China Normal University

ee also

*Project 211
*863 Program

References