China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
Abstract: The development of characteristic universities is to serve the country
and to meet the development of industries, which has experienced the hard
carving-out, setbacks, renaming for covering up to rebuilding confidence, and
now entering a new phase. In the new era, the important mission of
characteristic universities should contribute to constructing innovative
country. Planning for development needs visions and strategies: striving for
external support and creating a favorable environment; establishing internal
characteristics and boosting core competence. Only by erecting the banner,
stopping blindly comparison, emphasizing on internal development, inheriting,
developing traditional predominance, and setting up comparative advantages, can
we have characteristics, opening up a new road.