South China Agricultural University is a national key university. Guangdong Province and the Ministry of Agriculture jointly established the "2 1 1 engineering" university, which is a key construction university of high-level universities in Guangdong Province.

On March/0/0, 2020, the 20/0/9 National Science and Technology Progress Award was announced. South China Agricultural University, as the first completion unit, declared two achievements, namely "Creation and application of new antibacterial raw materials and preparations for animals" and "Creation and application of key technologies for slow release of plant-derived controlled release fertilizers", which won the second prize of national scientific and technological progress respectively, and three participating projects won the second prize.

Won five awards in a single year, the number is far ahead in Guangdong universities, and it is also a leader in universities across the country. Moreover, in the past three years, Huanong * * has 10 projects won the highest national science and technology award, and achieved the grand slam of scientific and technological progress award, technological invention award and natural science award.

South China Agricultural University, which has a history of 100 years, has distinctive characteristics and strong agricultural disciplines. The project "Molecular Genetic Basis of Fertility Control of Hybrid Rice" presided by Academician Liu Yaoguang won the second prize of the National Natural Science Award in 20 18, which established China's international leading position in the field of molecular genetic basis research of hybrid rice.

The highest national science and technology award is undoubtedly the highest award in China's scientific community, so many awards will eventually promote the progress of China's scientific community.