Plan 111


Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities, Plan 111, also be referred to as Project 111 or 111 Project is a project initiated in 2006 by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs to establish innovation centers. The MoE has announced the creation of 100 innovation centers for the plan. The plan will establish innovation centers and gather groups of first-class minds from around the world. It will bring in about 1,000 overseas talents from the top 100 universities and research institutes worldwide. According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2018/19 and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019/20, most of the universities in Plan 111 are considered as among the top 1000 universities in the world with most of the C9 League universities in the top 200 worldwide.

Universities in the Plan 111 (as of 2017)

Beijing (24)

, Tsinghua University, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing Normal University, Renmin University of China, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing University of Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, China University of Geosciences, Beijing University of Science and Technology, Beijing University of Science and Technology, China University of Political Science and Law, Communication University of China, China University of Mining and Technology North China Electric Power University, Central University for Nationalities, Central University of Finance and Economics, China University of Petroleum, Beijing Information Science & Technology University, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

Shanghai (10)

, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tongji University, East China Normal University, Donghua University, Shanghai University, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Normal University

Jiangsu Province (13)

, Southeast University, China University of Mining and Technology, Hohai University, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangnan University, Soochow University, Nanjing University of Technology, Yangzhou University, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Hubei Province (7)

, Wuhan University, Wuhan University of Technology, Huazhong Normal University, Huazhong Agricultural University, China University of Geosciences Hubei UniversityHubei University of Technology

Shaanxi Province (7)

, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xidian University, Chang'an University, Shaanxi Normal University, Northwest University

Sichuan Province (5)

, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Southwest University of Finance and Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University

Shandong Province (7)

, Ocean University of China, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao University, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Ji Nan University

Henan Province (2)

, Henan Normal University

Jilin Province (4)

, Northeast Normal University, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun University of Science and Technology

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (1)

Guangdong Province (6)

, South China University of Technology, Jinan University, South China Normal University, Southern Medical University, Guangdong University of Science and Technology

Liaoning Province (3)

, Northeastern University, Dalian Maritime University

Tianjin (4)

, Tianjin University, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Technology

Heilongjiang Province (4)

, Harbin Engineering University, Northeast Forestry University, Northeast Agricultural University

Hunan Province (3)

, Hunan University, Xiangtan University

Chongqing City (3)

, Southwest University, Chongqing Medical University

Anhui Province (2)

, Hefei University of Technology

Zhejiang Province (6)

, Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhejiang Normal University, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Ningbo University, Wenzhou Medical University

Jiangxi Province (1)

East China University of Technology

Fujian Province (3)

, Fuzhou University, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University

Yunnan Province (1)

Guizhou Province (2)

, Guizhou Normal University

Gansu Province (2)

, Northwest Normal University

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (1)

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (1)

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (1)

Tibet Autonomous Region (1)