Project 985

Project 985
	Map showing major universities in mainland China. Project-985 universities are marked in blue.
Formation	4 May 1998
Defunct	2016
Region	China (39 universities nationwide)

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, which are mostly considered top-tier institutions in mainland China.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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 general secretaryship.^[5]^[6]

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[:3-1] ""985工程"学校名单 - 中华人民共和国教育部政府门户网站". www.moe.gov.cn. Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.

[2] ""985"、"211"和"双一流"有什么区别？ —中国教育在线". gaokao.eol.cn. Archived from the original on October 16, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.

[3] "科学网—公众迷恋大学"帽子"本质是期待高质量教育". news.sciencenet.cn. Archived from the original on October 16, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.

[:0-4] "我国"985 工程"的运行机制与投入成效分析：基于国际比较与实证研究的视角" (PDF). 北京大学教育经济研究所. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 16, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.

[:4-5] "教育部国务院学位委员会国家语委关于宣布失效一批规范性文件的通知 - 中华人民共和国教育部政府门户网站". www.moe.gov.cn. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2022.

[6] ""985""211"工程将废除教育部:年内启动"双一流"_新闻频道_中华网". news.china.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.

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Map showing major universities in mainland China. Project-985 universities are marked in blue.
Formation	4 May 1998; 26 years ago (1998-05-04)
Defunct	2016; 9 years ago (2016)
Region	China (39 universities nationwide)