中国地质大学1997年被国家教委、计委、财政部批准为“211”工程建设项目正式立项的学校。“211”工程建设的总体目标是:“学校要面向21世纪,在‘九五’期间重点建设的基础上,再经过若干年的努力,把中国地质大学建设成一所地质、资源、环境、地学工程技术为主要特色,理工为主,理工文管相结合,整体办学水平达到国内先 China University of Geosciences in 1997 by the State Board of Education, Planning Commission, Ministry of Finance approved the “211” project construction project officially approved the school. The overall goal of “211” project construction is: "The school should face the 21st century and, based on the key construction during the Ninth Five-Year Plan, carry out several years of efforts to build the China University of Geosciences into a geological, resource, environment and geosciences Engineering and technology as the main features, science and technology, science and technology combine, the overall school level reached the domestic first