Project 211

Project 211 (Chinese: 211工程) was a higher education development and sponsorship scheme of the Chinese central government for preparing approximately 100 universities for the 21st century, initiated in November 1995. There were 115 universities and colleges selected to be part of this program.

Project 211
Map of universities of Project 211 in China
Formation	1995 (1995)
Defunct	2016 (2016)
Region	China (115 universities nationwide)

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1949–1976
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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.

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