On May 22, the Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Award Conference was held at Shaanxi Hotel. Hu Heping, Secretary of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee, attended the opening ceremony and presented the 2017 Shaanxi Provincial Award for Significant Contributions to Basic Research. Liu Guozhong, Governor of Shaanxi Province, delivered an important speech. Lu Zhiyuan, Vice Governor, presided over the conference and read out the Decision of the People's Government of Shaanxi Province on the 2017 Science and Technology Awards. The project Research on Project Portfolio Management Under the Guidance of Enterprise Strategy, completed by Professor Bai Sijun and his team from the School of Management, was awarded the Third Prize.

It is reported that a total of 257 projects were honored with the 2017 Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Awards, including 38 first prizes, 112 second prizes and 107 third prizes.