The administrative level of colleges and universities in 1961

*** is divided into 23 levels, and the levels are as follows:

1. The Central Party School is a ministerial-level unit.

2. All 985 and 211 universities are department-level units.

3. Public colleges and universities are deputy department-level units. From bottom to top they are: deputy department-level units, department-level units, and ministerial-level units. In January 1961, the Ninth Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China determined the "eight-character policy" of "adjustment, consolidation, enrichment and improvement" for the national economy. Specifically, in the field of higher education, it adjusted and standardized the professional settings and revised the professional catalog of colleges and universities. .