Beihang University, established in 1952, is the first university focusing on aeronautics and astronautics in China. Since its establishment, Beihang has been supported by Chinese government; and it is one of the first group of 16 national key universities, one of the first 22 colleges and universities setting up graduate schools, one of the first batch in one hundred universities of “The 211 project”; and in 2001 it entered the list of universities of “The 985 Project”. In 2017, it was chosen to participate in the Double First-Class plan, which includes major support from Chinese Ministry of Education and other government departments to build a worldclass university with world-class disciplines.