Table A.1

List of the universities in the ‘211 Project’ (indicating those also in ‘985 Project’)

Notes: All the universities are in the ‘Project 211,’ and some are also in the ‘Project 985’ as indicated.

F&E: Finance & Economics; L&L: Language & Literature; M&P: Medicine & Pharmacy;

NS&T: Natural Sciences & Technology; TT: Teacher Training.

MOIAIT: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

PLA: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army.