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Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ming Li, Beijing Foreign Studies University

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Engineering and Public Policy

constructing world-class universities or disciplines, and has far-reaching nationalstrategic implications. The Chinese central government has successively implemented 211 Project,985 Project, 2011 Plan and Double First-rate Initiative, and is committed to constructing world-classuniversities and first-class disciplines. 211 Project was officially launched in 1995 after approval bythe State Council of PRC. 211 Project refers to the construction of about 112 colleges and universi-ties and a number of key disciplines in the 21 st century. 985 Project was officially launched in 1998.In May 1998, the Ministry of Education of PRC decided to support the construction of world-classuniversities and high-level universities in Peking University, Tsinghua

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy

) meeting global needs and challenges through the UnitedNations and similar organizations [6].In the opinion of the author, science diplomacy is less a well-defined subject and more aloosely-recognized concept (i.e., science diplomacy is best defined by “you know it whenyou see it”). Widely recognized examples of multi-lateral science diplomacy – such as,the 1954 founding of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (known asCERN), the 1959 signing of the Antarctic Treaty System, and the 1998 launch of theInternational Space Station – provide an insight into the three pillars of sciencediplomacy, namely: 1) scientists serving as diplomats (i.e., the Iran nuclear deal, formerlyknown as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action adopted in October