Peking UniversityA42Peking University, founded on July 3, 1898, is located in Haidian District, Beijing. It is jointly built by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and Beijing Municipal Government. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and a central government-administered university. It is listed in the national "Double First-Class", "985 Project" and "211 Project". It is the first modern national comprehensive university in China.