The Ministry of Education has implemented the following projects to improve higher education in the country.
Project 985
In May 1998, State leaders said, "To achieve modernization, our country must have a number of first-class universities at internationally advanced levels."
The Ministry of Education must focus on supporting partial colleges and universities to create first-class and high-level universities for the 21st Century Education Revitalization Project.
The following colleges and universities in Beijing have entered the project:
Tsinghua University
Peking University
Renmin University of China
Beijing Institute of Technology
Beijing Normal University
China Agricultural University
Minzu University of China
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Project 211
The central government plans to build approximately 100 colleges and universities and 1,000 key disciplines in the 21st century. Twenty-four colleges and universities in Beijing have entered the project:
Beijing University
Renmin University of China
Tsinghua University
Beijing Jiaotong University
Beijing University of Technology
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Beijing Institute of Technology
University of Science and Technology Beijing
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
China Agricultural University
Beijing Forestry University
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Beijing Normal University
Beijing Foreign Studies University
Communication University of China
Central University of Finance and Economics
University of International Business and Economics
Beijing Sport University
Central Conservatory of Music
Minzu University of China
China University of Political Science and Law
North China Electric Power University
China University of Petroleum (Beijing Campus)
Project for arts institutions
Beijing Film Academy
Beijing Dance Academy
The National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts
China Conservatory
Projects for local universities
Beijing has also made efforts to build high-level local universities, which supports the following universities: Capital Normal University, Beijing University of Technology, Capital University of Economics and Business, Capital Medical University.