The National Science and Technology Progress Award is one of the five national science and technology awards established in the State Council (the highest national science and technology award, the national natural science award, the national technological invention award, the national science and technology progress award and the international science and technology cooperation award).
The National Science and Technology Progress Award is mainly awarded to China citizens and organizations who have made creative contributions in technological research, technological development, technological innovation, popularization and application of advanced scientific and technological achievements, promotion of high-tech industrialization, and completion of major scientific and technological projects and plans.