「211工程」係中國大陸推展高等教育過程中的一項新瓶舊酒的改革工程，它是早期中共發展「重點高等學校」工作的延續與擴張。中共推展「211工程」的深度，以及推展時間的持續性是決定中國大陸高等教育發展成敗的二項關鍵性因素。中共長期重點發展高等教育實有其困難之處，似有忽略其他層次教育的可能。因此，中共當局設若得以固定撥發一定比例之教育經費，而不曠廢高等教育之穩定經費及正規發展，并持之以恆的推展「211工程」，則中國大陸高等教育的發展前景仍將十分樂觀。

The “211Project" is the extension and enlargement of an old education task in孔1ainland China， developing the so-called “keyschools" of higher education. Subsequently， there will be a continued neglect of the development of other levels of education and the educational system as a whole. Therefore， this article argues that only if the PRC is capable of distributing an appropriate and sustained educational budget to the development of higher education in general， will the “211Project" assist higher education in mainland China to reach a higher level of prosperity and development.