On February 24, the Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Award Conference was held in Changsha. Mao Weiming, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and Governor of Hunan Province, attended and presented awards to the awardee representatives. The meeting commended the 2021 Hunan Science and Technology Awards, with a total of 293 award projects (teams and candidates), including 1 Outstanding Contribution Award, 95 Natural Science Awards, 25 Technical Invention Awards, 166 Science and Technology Progress Awards, 5 Innovation Team Awards, and 1 International Cooperation Award.

12 achievements of CSUST won the Hunan Science and Technology Award. Among them, CSUST won 3 first prizes (Science and Technology Progress Award), 4 second prizes (3 Science and Technology Progress Awards, 1 Natural Science Award), 2 third prizes (1 Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 Natural Science Award) as the first completer; As the participating unit, CSUST won 1 second prize of Hunan Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 third prize of Hunan Science and Technology Progress Award, and 1 second prize of Hunan Natural Science Award.