On August 18, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) announced the evaluation results of all the projects it has received in 2021, and 23 projects (including 4 surface projects and 19 projects from Commission for Youth) applied by CQUST were approved, with direct funding of 6.91 million RMB. The total number of projects approved by NSFC and the direct funding accompanied both reached a new high level, and the approved projects of our university ranks high among universities of Chongqing.