In February 1978, the State Council approved the Report on the Resumption and Betterment of National Key Higher Education Institutions（《关于恢复和办好全国重点高等学校的报告》）submitted by the Ministry of Education and Fudan was reaffirmed as a national higher education institution. In April 1984, Fudan University was listed a state-prioritized institution for development in the 7th Five-Year period. Gaining influence as a national key comprehensive university in just a few years, Fudan was selected into Project 211, a project to raise research standards of higher education institutions: the second major take-off in the history of the university.
