According to the assessment report on Regional Science and technology progress in Gansu Province issued by provincial science and technology department and Provincial Bureau of statistics, by the end of 2020, the comprehensive science and technology progress level index of Jiayuguan City is 42.72%, ranking the third tier and eighth place in the province, and the city's scientific and technological innovation ability has steadily increased.

        Among them, R & D expenditure is 992 million yuan, accounting for 3.50% of GDP, ranking first in the province; The comparative coefficient of average wages of on-the-job workers in scientific research and technical service industry, the number of scientific papers per 10000 people, the number of provincial science and technology awards per 10000 professional technologies, the number of invention patents per 10000 people, the number of high-tech enterprises per million people, the total labor productivity of industrial enterprises above Designated Size, and the number of Internet broadband users per 10000 people are among the top indicators“ Since the 13th five year plan, it has won 18 science and technology progress awards and 17 patent awards of Gansu Province, owned 10.35 invention patents per 10000 people, and registered 63 scientific and technological achievements above the provincial level.