Project 211 is the Chinese government's new endeavor aimed at strengthening about 100 institutions of higher education and key disciplinary areas as a national priority for the 21st century.

The implementation of Project 211 is an important measure taken by the Chinese government in its effort to facilitate the development of higher education in the context of the country's advancement in social and economic fields. Primarily aiming at training high-level professional manpower to implement the national strategy for social and economic development, the project has great significance in improving higher education, accelerating the national economic progress, pushing forward the development of science, technology and culture, enhancing China's overall capacity and international competitiveness, and laying the foundation of training high- level professional manpower mainly within the educational institutions at home.

During the 9th Five - Year Plan period, the government will initiate actions to strengthen a number of institutions of higher learning and key disciplinary areas. It is envisaged that after several years' efforts some l00 institutions of higher learning and a group of key disciplinary areas will have greatly improved their quality of education, scientific research, management and institutional efficiency. In addition, these institutions will also have made remarkable progress in reforming the management system and consequently become the bases for training high-level professional manpower and solving major problems for the country's economic construction and social development. As a result of such efforts, this group of institutions will set up national standards in overall quality, with some of the key universities and disciplinary areas approaching or reaching the advanced international standards. The majority of them will have enhanced their physical conditions and staff competence, in addition to noticeable achievements in human resources training and scientific research. Adapting to regional and sectional development needs, these institutions are expected to play a key and exemplary role.

List of Universities in Project 211
1. Peking University
2. Renmin University of China
3. Tsinghua University
4. Beijing Jiao Tong University
5. Beijing University of Technology
6. Beihang University
7. Beijing Institute of Technology
8. University of Science and Technology Beijing
9. Beijing University of Chemical Technology
10. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
11. China Agricultural University
12. Beijing Forestry University
13. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
14. Beijing Normal University
15. Beijing Foreign Studies University
16. Communication University of China
17. Central University of Finance and Economic
18. University of International Business and Economics
19. Beijing Sport University
20. Central Conservatory of Music
21. Minzu University of China
22. China University of Political Science and Law
23. North China Electric Power University
24. Nankai University
25. Tianjin University
26. Tianjin Medical University
27. Hebei University of Technology
28. Taiyuan University of Technology
29. Inner Mongolia University
30. Liaoning University
31. Dalian University of Technology
32. Northeastern University
33. Dalian Maritime University
34. Jilin University
35. Yanbian University
36. Northeast Normal University
37. Harbin Institute of Technology
38. Harbin Engineering University
39. Northeast Agricultural University
40. Northeast Forestry University
41. Fudan University
42. Tongji University
43. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
44. East China University of Science and Technology
45. Donghua University
46. East China Normal University
47. Shanghai International Studies University
48. Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
49. Shanghai University
50. Second Military Medical University
51. Nanjing University
52. Soochow University
53. Southeast University
54. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
55. Nanjing University of Science and Technology
56. China University of Mining and Technology
List of Universities in Project 211
57. Hohai University
58. Jiangnan University
59. Nanjing Agricultural University
60. China Pharmaceutical University
61. Nanjing Normal University
62. Zhejiang University
63. Anhui University
64. University of Science and Technology of China
65. Hefei University of Technology
66. Xiamen University
67. Fuzhou University
68. Nanchang University
69. Shandong University
70. Ocean University of China
71. China University of Petroleum
72. Zhengzhou University
73. Wuhan University
74. Huazhong University of Science and Technology
75. China University of Geosciences
76. Wuhan University of Technology
77. Huazhong Agricultural University
78. Central China Normal University
79. Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
80. Hunan University
81. Central South University
82. Hunan Normal University
83. National University of Defense Technology
84. Sun Yat-sen University
85. Jinan University
86. South China Normal University
87. South China University of Technology
88. Guangxi University
89. Hainan University
90. Sichuan University
91. Chongqing University
92. Southwest Jiao Tong University
93. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
94. Sichuan Agricultural University
95. Southwest University
96. Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
97. Guizhou University
98. Yunnan University
99. Xizang University
100. Northwest University
101. Xian Jiao Tong University
102. Northwestern Polytechnical University
103. Xidian University
104. Changan University
105. Northwest A&F University
106. Shaanxi Normal University
107. Fourth Military Medical University
108. Lanzhou University
109. Qinghai University
110. Ningxia University
111. Xinjiang University
112. Shihezi University