through Science, Technology and Education
Project 211 is a project of 106 (as of 2007) Key universities and colleges in the 21st century initiated in 1995 by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.
The project aims at cultivating high-level elite for national economic and social development strategies. The project began from the idea that, in the mid 1990s, the 30 elite universites at the time were too low by international research standards.
Inclusion in the project means that universities have to meet scientific, technical and HR standards and to offer set advanced degree programs.
The figure of 21 and 1 within 211 are from the abbreviation of the 21st century and approximate 100 universities respectively.
1. 軟著陸 soft landing
2. 海協會 全稱為“海峽兩岸關系協會”(Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, ARATS)
【例】China Television (Taiwan): Given that Taiwan advocates a gradual exchange process between the two sides across the Taiwan Straits, can you optimistically predict the restoration of negotiations this spring or summer?
臺灣中華電視臺記者:您在江澤民主席推進兩岸關系八項主張發表三周年座談會上曾談到,海基會和海協會應該擴大交往、接觸。這種交往、接觸是否要以兩岸政治談判的程序性安排為前提,再延伸到經濟和事務性議題?在臺灣方面主張兩岸交往要循序漸進的情況下,您是否樂觀地預期今年春夏之際兩岸就能恢復談判?
3.通貨膨脹 inflation; mounting inflation; currency inflation; expansion of the currency; the inflating of currency
【例】Face down inflation
制止通貨膨脹。
4. 科教興國 develop the country through science and education
【例】Implementing the Strategy of Developing the Country Through Science and Education and the Strategy of Sustainable Development
認真實施科教興國戰略和可持續發展戰略。