National Key Disciplines (simplified Chinese: 国家重点学科; traditional Chinese: 國家重點學科; pinyin: guójiā zhòngdiǎn xuékē) is a list of key disciplines currently recognized as important by the central government of the People's Republic of China.^[1]

The assessment and rating of national key disciplines have been conducted during the period between 1988 and 2012.

Disciplines

Here is a non exhaustive list of the disciplines listed as being National Key Disciplines.

• Medicine
• Science
• Chemistry
• Engineering
• Commerce
• Law

Most of the universities with first-level national key disciplines have now been included in the Chinese state Double First Class University Plan.