On November 3, 2021, the Highest Science and Technology Award was given in Beijing, China.

The Highest Science and Technology Award also known as the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, State Supreme Science and Technology Award, or China's Nobel Prize is the highest scientific award issued by the President of the PRC to scientists working in China. The award, given annually each January since 2000, is one of the five State Science and Technology Prizes established by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

This year, the selection mechanism is stricter and more open than before.

1.     Strictly control the number of rewards

2.     Three main awards are open to foreigners

3.     Overcome the impact of the epidemic and adjust the selection method

In 2020, the number of approved projects for three main awards was further reduced, and the award rate dropped to 14.9%. The number of progress award, special award, and the first class award reduced by 20% compared with 2019.

The following IVD related companies were awarded in this year:

The project Creation and Application of Blood Cell Fluorescence Imaging Dyes jointly completed by Dalian University of Technology and Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. won the second class of the State Science and Technology Advancement Award in 2020.

The project Establishment and Application of Cardiovascular Injury Prevention System in Military Operating Environment, led by the team of Prof. He Kunlun and Prof. Tian Yaping from Chinese PLA General Hospital and Beijing Strong Biotechnologies, Inc., won the second class of the State Science and Technology Advancement Award in 2020.

The project Innovation and Application of Key Technologies for Immunodiagnosis and Treatment of Diabetes, jointly completed by the team of Prof. Zhou Zhiguang from the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, the University of Hong Kong and Sinocare Biosensor Inc., won the second class of the State Science and Technology Advancement Award in 2020.

The project Key Technologies and Industrial Applications of High-throughput Multi-target Nucleic Acid Automated Quantitative Detection jointly completed by Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an Tianlong Science and Technology Co., Ltd. and Suzhou Tianlong Biotechnology Co., Ltd. won the second class of the State Science and Technology Advancement Award in 2020.