C9 League

C9 League of Chinese Universities
Formation May 4, 1998
Legal status Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
Headquarters Beijing, China
Region served
China
Official language
Chinese

The C9 League (simplified Chinese: 九校联盟; traditional Chinese: 九校聯盟) is an official alliance of nine universities in mainland China,[1] initiated by the Chinese Central Government through Project 985 to promote the development and reputation of higher education in China. Widely considered to be China's most prestigious and influential universities in various disciplines, the C9 League together account for 3% of the country's researchers but receive 10% of national research expenditures.[2] They produce 20% of the nation's academic publications and 30% of total citations.[3] People's Daily, an official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, refers to the C9 League as China's Ivy League.[4]

Membership and benefits

C9 League schools are allocated special resources, and have special arrangements for sharing resources with one another.[4] They have a higher fraction of elite academics who have been awarded one of China's top academic honors, the Thousand Talents Plan Professorship and the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Professorship, and often have a few who have been awarded both.[1] C9 League schools receive substantial funding from both national and local governments in order to build new research centers, improve facilities, hold international conferences, attract world-renowned faculty and visiting scholars, and help Chinese faculty attend conferences abroad.[5]

History, and relationship to other categories of elite universities

The Chinese government has four main categories of elite universities. The first and largest of these groups is Project 211, which was established in 1995 to strengthen research standards in China’s top universities, with universities that exceed a threshold receiving significantly increased funds.[2] As of 2018, 116 higher education institutions were members of Project 211.[2]

The second, established in 2015, is the Double First Class University Plan to create 42 world class universities by 2050.[6] A third, more selective group is Project 985, established in 1998. The Chinese government included 39 universities in Project 985, and capped membership to these 39 in 2011.[2]

The final and most selective group is the C9 League, established by the Chinese central government on May 4, 1998 as part of Project 985 with the goal of advancing Chinese higher education by formalizing an elite group of universities to foster better students and share resources.[4] Nine universities were selected and allocated funding, and on October 10, 2009, the relationship between these nine universities was formalized into China's C9 League.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Li F, Miao Y, Yang C (2015). "How do alumni faculty behave in research collaboration? An analysis of Chang Jiang Scholars in China". Research Policy. 44: 438–450. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2014.09.002.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Best universities in China 2018". Times Higher Education. 6 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Eastern stars: Universities of China's C9 League excel in select fields". Times Higher Education.
  4. 1 2 3 "China's Ivy League: C9 League". People's Daily. Retrieved 17 Apr 2018.
  5. ↑ "World Education News & Reviews". wenr.wes.org.
  6. ↑ "China to develop 42 world-class universities". People's Daily. 21 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "九校高校签订《一流大学人才培养合作与交流协议书》". Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
  8. ↑ Sainsbury, Michael (4 November 2009). "China establishes group of Ivy League universities". The Australian.
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