National Science and Technology Award Conference is held in Beijing on Jan 10. The conference is held by the Central Committee of CPC and State Council, President XI Jinping, LI Keqiang and other leaders are present at the conference to award the prizes to the winners. Prime Minister LI Keqiang gives a speech on behalf of the Central Committee of CPC and State Council, the conference is hosted by ZHANG Gaoli.

Program Mechanism, Key Early-Warning and Dynamic Regulation Technology of Hard Rock High Stress Disaster Inoculation Process hosted by IRSM wins the Second Prize of 2013 National Science and Technology Progress Award. Researcher FENG Xiating attends the conference and accept the prize as the representative of the program team.

IRSM wins 13 prizes of National Science and Technology Award since 2006, ranking first in rock and soil mechanism research field.