On the afternoon of June 27 th, the Provincial Science and Technology Conference was held, at which, Decision on 2024 Shandong Science and Technology Awards from Shandong Provincial Party Committee and Government was announced, and the award ceremony was held on spot. SDUT won 10 provincial awards, which include 1 first prize and 1 second prize in Technological Invention, 1 second prize in Natural Science, and 6 second prizes in Science and Technology Progress as the first completing unit, plus 1 additional second prize in Science and Technology Progress as a participating unit. These awards set new record and marked SDUT’ss highest-ever achievement as lead awardee.
Professor CONG Jianchen, leader of the first prize-winning team, attended the ceremony in person. CUI Huanyong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of SDUT and Vice President, representatives from second prize-winning teams, and officials from the Office of Science and Technology participated via the Zibo sub-venue.
It was reported that the 2024 Shandong Science and Technology Awards totally recognized 2 recipients of 2024 Shandong highest Sci-Technology Achievement, 10 Youth Sci-Technology Award winners, 5 International Sci-Technology Cooperation Award winners, 51 Provincial Natural Science Awards, 32 Provincial Technological Invention Awards, and 190 Provincial Sci-Technology Progress Awards.
In recent years, SDUT has closely aligned with national strategies and regional socioeconomic development needs, thoroughly implemented the innovation-driven development strategy, and actively promoted organized scientific research. By integrating resources and optimizing structures, it has fully leveraged the pivotal role of technological innovation in economic and social development. Continuously deepening reforms in science and technology systems and mechanisms, SDUT has strengthened industry-academia-research collaboration to achieve precise matching between scientific achievements and enterprise demands, addressing major technological challenges in regional economic development and providing robust support for local economic transformation and upgrading. Moving forward, SDUT will further enhance organized research efforts, accelerate the translation of scientific outcomes, and contribute to high-quality regional economic development and comprehensive social progress.