With the improvement on national science and technology management, selection and recognition of the highest science and technology awards is constantly being optimized. This paper collects the data of the 31 highest science and technology award winners and analyzes their main contributions and ages. It is found that there are 24 people over 80 years old, accounting for 77.42% of the total winners; the winners are backed by strong research teams; the winners generally have the courage to guess and are good at verification; the winners generally have excellent persistent pursuit and enterprising spirit. It is an important and urgent task to develop and spread the pioneering and innovative quality, teamwork spirit, critical questioning and scientific research persistence to which the highest science and technology award winners stick, so as to encourage more scientific researchers to overcome difficulties and achieve major breakthroughs in science and technology.

China's Top Science and Technology Award  /  the spirit of science  /  powerful nation of science and technology