On the morning of May 20, the Science and Technology Innovation Conference of Guangdong Province was held in Guangzhou. At the event, HITSZ received three Guangdong Science and Technology Awards for 2020, including a first prize in natural science as the primary contributor, a first prize in sci-tech progress as the primary contributor, and a first prize in sci-tech progress as the secondary contributor. This was the first time that HITSZ had won first prize in natural science. A new record was made by the university when it came to either the levels of awards or the total number of awards.