1, the granting conditions are different. The National Science and Technology Progress Award is mainly awarded to China citizens and organizations who have made creative contributions in technological research, technological development, technological innovation, popularization and application of advanced scientific and technological achievements, promotion of high-tech industrialization, and completion of major scientific and technological projects and plans. The selection conditions of the National Natural Science Award are more stringent, and it is awarded to citizens who have clarified natural phenomena, characteristics and laws and made significant scientific discoveries in basic research and applied basic research.

2. The gold content is different. The National Natural Science Award and the National Science and Technology Progress Award are both one of the five national science and technology awards established in the State Council, and the national natural science award has higher gold content.