On July 15, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the Ministry of Education, Chinese Academy of Sciences and National Natural Science Foundation held a joint news briefing on the solicitation of 10000 Puzzles in Science.

The solicitation, which is open to the entire society, is conducted mainly in the basic research fields. It is also an important part of the Innovation Approaches project of MOST. Pilot work started in mathematics, physics and chemistry in 2007, and has finished with satisfactory results.