Sichuan University ( ) is a major Chinese university, located in the city of Chengdu, in the Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China. As one of the national key universities directly under the State Ministry of Education (MOE) as well as one of the State 211 Project universities enjoying privileged construction in the Ninth Five-Year Plan period, the present Sichuan University (SCU) was first incorporated with Chengdu University of Science and Technology (CUST), another national key university under the Ministry of Education in 1994, and West China University of Medical Science (WCUMS), a key university directly subordinate to the State Ministry of Health in 2000. The present Secretary of the Party committee is Prof. Yang Quan-ming, and the President currently in office is Prof. Xie He-ping (academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering).