The C9 League is an inter-university seminar composed of nine public universities in China . It was established on May 4, 1998, at the 100th anniversary of Peking University . These elite universities are associated with academic excellence and highly selective admissions . The C9 League is colloquially known as the Chinese Ivy League .
5-749: The C9 league comprises nine public universities: All C9 League schools are part of Project 985 , Project 211 , Plan 111 , and Double First-Class Construction . In 2014, the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences started to participate in the C9 League meetings. The following are the rankings of the C9 schools in the four major world university rankings that are recognized by governments in multiple countries and regions. (2023) (2025) (2024) (2024) Project 985 Project 985 (Chinese: 985工程 )
10-720: The Xi Jinping Administration . On May 4, 1998, Jiang Zemin stated at the 100th anniversary of Peking University that, "in order to achieve modernization, our country must have several first-class universities with world-leading levels." In January 1999, the State Council of China issued the "Education Revitalization Action Plan for the 21st Century" drafted by the Ministry of Education , deciding to focus on supporting several higher education institutions to create world-class universities and high-level universities. This plan
15-666: The Ministry of Education under Xi Jinping nullified the two projects by invalidating the fundamental documents "Measures for the Implementation and Management of Project 211 Construction" and "Opinions on the Continued Implementation of Project 985 Construction Projects." However, in China, the names 985 and 211 are still commonly used to refer to top universities within mainland China. There were 39 public universities selected by
20-673: 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. 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
25-636: Was later referred as the "985 Project," named after Jiang Zemin's speech at the 100th anniversary of Peking University (in May 1998). The name derives from the date of the announcement, May 1998, or 98/5 according to the Chinese date format . The project involves both national and local governments allocating large amounts of funding to certain universities in order to build new research centers, improve facilities, hold international conferences, attract world-renowned faculty and visiting scholars, and help Chinese faculty attend conferences abroad. On June 7, 2016,
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