It covers the winners of State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, State Natural Science Prize, State Technological Invention Award, State Scientific and Technological Progress Award, or China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award.

The Future Science Prize is an award established by the Future Science Awards Foundation Limited in Hong Kong. Co-organised by the Beijing Huairou Future Forum and Science and Technology Development Centre, aiming to reward scientists who have made outstanding scientific achievements in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, or Taiwan (regardless of their nationality).