The results of the preliminary evaluation of the 2020 National Science and Technology Awards were announced, and a total of 9 items were listed in the fields of food and related fields.

On August 3, 2020, the National Science and Technology Award Office officially announced that the initial evaluation of the 2020 National Science and Technology Award had been completed. And the Ministry of Science and Technology website () and the National Science and Technology Award Office website () published the initial evaluation of the 46 National Natural Science Award projects, 47 National Technology Invention Award general projects, 133 The general project of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, as well as the general project of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, which was adopted in the first year of 2019 and suspended due to the handling of objections, has been investigated and processed, and the general project of the National Technology Invention Award for the 2020 review has been submitted to the General Project of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in accordance with the rules. Among the projects involved in food and related fields are 2 projects (general projects) and 7 projects (general projects) of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. Details are as follows:
2020 National Technology Invention Award preliminary evaluation through the project (general project)
2020 National Science and Technology Progress Award initial evaluation through the project (general project)