Technology awards are extending from simple honorary recognition to promoting the transformation of achievements. Through strengthening transformation orientation, building docking platforms, integrating resource support, and other means, they have become an important bridge connecting technological innovation and industrial application, accelerating the landing and rooting of innovative achievements.

The selection of technology awards strengthens the weight of conversion effectiveness. The National Science and Technology Progress Award takes "degree of achievement transformation" as the core evaluation indicator, requiring the declared project to provide detailed proof of transformation and application, including sales contracts, user feedback, economic benefit data, etc. In the award-winning projects in 2024, the conversion rate reached 100%, an increase of 40 percentage points compared to ten years ago, with 85% of the projects achieving large-scale application. The high-end ultrasound diagnostic equipment project of a certain medical equipment enterprise has won the Science and Technology Progress Award for its significant conversion effect, as it has sold over 5000 units and saved billions of yuan in medical costs by replacing imported products. This evaluation orientation makes it difficult for "paper achievements" to win awards, forcing researchers to pay attention to the implementation of achievements.

The special matching activity for award-winning achievements will be carried out on a regular basis. After the technology award ceremony, the organizer, together with local governments, industrial parks, investment institutions, etc., held a results transformation docking meeting to build a cooperation platform for the award-winning projects. After the 2024 National Science and Technology Award, the first achievement docking meeting attracted more than 200 enterprises and investment institutions to participate, and 15 award-winning projects reached cooperation intentions on site, with a signing amount exceeding 3 billion yuan. A smart grid dispatch technology project that won an award established cooperation with five power companies through a matchmaking meeting, and completed the technology implementation within three months, achieving a new production increase value of 80 million yuan. This "award+docking" model allows award-winning achievements to quickly find application scenarios and shorten the conversion cycle.

Supporting policies will strengthen the motivation for the transformation of award-winning achievements. Multiple regions provide special transformation funding support for achievements that have won national and provincial science and technology awards, and offer policy incentives such as tax incentives and talent introduction. According to regulations in a certain province, achievement transformation projects that have won national science and technology awards can enjoy a maximum transformation subsidy of 5 million yuan and be prioritized for inclusion in the government's first purchase list. An environmental protection enterprise that has won a technology award has rapidly expanded its production scale of water pollution control technology with the support of local government transformation subsidies and policies, and its product market share has increased by 15 percentage points within one year. Some technology parks also provide incubation space and industrial chain supporting services for award-winning projects, reducing conversion costs.

The linkage between technology awards and capital markets is becoming increasingly close. Investment institutions consider technology awards as important investment references, and award-winning projects are more likely to receive financing support. Among the projects that won the National Science and Technology Award in 2024, 30% have received venture capital or bank credit support, with an average financing amount of 20 million yuan. A certain award-winning artificial intelligence chip project has attracted the attention of investment institutions through technology awards, completed a Series A financing of 150 million yuan, and accelerated the product mass production process. This kind of capital empowerment enables award-winning achievements to realize value faster under market mechanisms, forming a virtuous cycle of "award financing transformation re innovation".

The technology awards focus on the transformation of achievements, which not only enhances the practical value of the awards, but also builds an efficient channel from innovation to industry, allowing technological innovation to better serve economic and social development.