Project 985
China's higher education development scheme initiated in May 1998 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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See also: Project 211 and Double First-Class Construction
Project 985 (Chinese: 985工程) was a higher education development and sponsorship scheme of the Chinese central government for creating world-class higher education institutions, initiated in May 1998. There were 39 universities selected to be part of this program.[1][2][3][4]
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Formation | 4 May 1998; 25 years ago (1998-05-04) |
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Defunct | 2016; 8 years ago (2016) |
Region | China (39 universities nationwide) |
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Project 211 and Project 985 were both initiated by the Jiang Zemin Administration in 1990s. They were nullified in 2016 and replaced by the Double First-Class Construction in 2017, under the Xi Jinping Administration.[5][6]