Professor WU Fuyuan, Professor LI Xianhua, Professor YANG Jinhui and their team accepted the award on February 14, 2012 at the annual National Science and Technology Award Ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The award is State Natural Science Award. The prize-winning research achievement as lead research institution is The Genetic Theory and Geodynamics of Granites during Yanshan Period in Eastern China.