TheHigher Education Institution Academic Discipline Innovation and Talent Introduction Plan (高等学校学科创新引智计划), best known asPlan 111 andProject 111 (Chinese:111计划), is a higher education development project initiated in 2006 by theMinistry of Education and theState Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs to establish innovation centers for the purposes oftechnology 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 asHarbin Engineering University,Beijing Institute of Technology,Beihang University,Northwestern Polytechnical University,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, andXidian University.[1]
