The national S&T progress evaluation of counties and municipalities plays an important role in enhancing the local S&T work. It is an effective means to invigorate the local work and enhance regional S&T innovation capacity and comprehensive competitiveness.

As confirmed by the MOST, 1763 counties and municipalities including the Changping District of Beijing passed the 2005-2006 national annual S&T progress evaluation. 713 counties and municipalities including the municipality of Bazhou, Hebei were selected as the pioneer.