During the past 10 years, Wuhan University completed thousands of natural sciences research projects,among which many reached international advanced levels,600-odd ones won various awards including 32 awards of the state's natural sciences,the state's invention and the state's science-and-technology progress,and 574 ministerial or provincial awards,Time and again,the university submitted 455 applications for patent,among which 274 are for invention patent,over190 won their patent rights.Through making its scientific research achievements serve the country's economic construction,the university has become a creation base uniting teaching,research and production.In the domain of social sciences and human studies,the university ever has its own traditional superiority.During the recent years,its 800-odd research achievements in humanities and social sciences won different awards from the national, ministerial and provincial organizations,Including 4 national social sciences fund awards,which make the university one of the few best higher educational institutions. It twice got the 3rd place in the national appraisals of the excellent achievements in humanities and social sciences research in the years of 1995 and 1998. Recently a great number of achievements with even greater application value emerged,contributing a great deal to China's economic construction and social progress.