Plan 111

See also: Project 211, Project 985, and Double First-Class Construction

The Higher Education Institution Academic Discipline Innovation and Talent Introduction Plan (高等学校学科创新引智计划), best known as Plan 111 and Project 111 (Chinese: 111计划), is a higher education development project initiated in 2006 by the Ministry of Education and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs to establish innovation centers for the purposes of technology transfer.[1][2] In 2005, the Ministry of Education announced the creation of 100 innovation centers as part of the plan.[3] The plan aimed to bring in about 1,000 overseas experts from the top 100 universities and research institutes worldwide.[4]

Plan 111 became an avenue for foreign technology transfer of both civilian and military application.[1] The plan established centers at universities that support defense-related research and development such as Harbin Engineering University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beihang University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Xidian University.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Spear, Andrew (2020-08-03), Hannas, William C.; Tatlow, Didi Kirsten (eds.), "Serve the Motherland While Working Overseas", China’s Quest for Foreign Technology (1 ed.), Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 21–37, doi:10.4324/9781003035084-3, ISBN 978-1-003-03508-4, OCLC 1153338764, S2CID 225404119
  2. ^ "The two departments decided to jointly implement the "University Discipline Innovation Project"". www.gov.cn (in Chinese). September 1, 2006. Archived from the original on 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  3. ^ "Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of the Ministry of Education on the Eleventh Five-Year Plan for Disciplinary Innovation and Intelligence Introduction". www.moe.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  4. ^ Li, Xiaohua (2006-09-14). "China to Undergo Brain Gain Through Plan 111". China Internet Information Center. Archived from the original on 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2019-10-09.