The Progress of Project 211

At present, under the direct guidance of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and with the coordination of the State Planning Commission, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Finance, Project 211 is being carried out smoothly.

101 institutions of higher learning nationwide have gone through sector preliminary examination as scheduled, and Project 21 1 has come to the implementation phase.

Based on the sector preliminary examination, the Office of Interministry Coordinating Group has instructed the above- mentioned universities to demonstrate and verify their feasibility study for Project 211£® The State Planning Commission has so far approved the project feasibility study reports of 61 universities. As a result , these projects have been incorporated in the Ninth Five- Year National Plan , and have already been launched£® The examination and approval of the project feasibility study reports submitted by the other 40 universities are now in full progress.
Among the Public Service System of Project 211, Chinese Education and Research Network£¨CERNET£© and the Library and Documentation Support System £¨LDSS £©, having got the approval of the State Planning Commission £¨SPC£©, have been incorporated in the national priority projects and are now under construction.