Those who declare the Ministry of Education Award can only declare 1 item in that year. Projects that have not won this year's Ministry of Education Award have been recommended. If there is no substantial progress, in principle, the next year's Ministry of Education award shall not be recommended.
Projects that have declared this year's provincial and ministerial awards may not declare this award by the Ministry of Education. Citation retrieval is needed to declare natural science awards, and novelty retrieval is needed to declare technological inventions, scientific and technological progress and patent awards.