"C9 Alliance" refers to the "Nine Universities Alliance", a consortium of nine top universities in China, including Tsinghua University, Peking University, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Nanjing University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China University of Science and Technology, and Harbin Institute of Technology. University of Science and Technology of China, and Harbin Institute of Technology.

985 universities and 211 universities, is a very good group of universities in China, usually, 985 universities than pure 211 universities overall better and stronger, the current national 985 universities have 39, 211 universities have 115 (985 universities are also 211 universities)