Yangtze University, located in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, is the largest comprehensive university in Hubei Province with the most comprehensive disciplines. It is a key university in Hubei Province, selected by the national "Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in the Midwest" and a "National First-class University" in Hubei Province. It is also a university jointly founded by Hubei Provincial People's Government, China Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Co., Ltd., China Petrochemical Group Co., Ltd. and China Offshore Oil Group Co., Ltd., and jointly built by Hubei Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China.