Shanghai’s ambition to turn itself into a global center of technological innovation has been given renewed impetus by the performance of city researchers in the 2018 State Science and Technology Awards. City scientists scooped up nearly a sixth of the national awards. Forty-seven projects involving local scientists were among the 285 scientific breakthroughs honored. Shanghai scientists were project leaders in 29 of the award winners, according to the city’s science and technology award management office.