Recently, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) announced its year 2017 support for the research projects, of which 453 XJTU projects are on the list. Compared with the same period in 2016 for XJTU, the figure has grown by 18 projects, with the direct funds increased by 62.1285 million RMB, representing a gain of 30.5%. The number of projects having obtained NSFC funding ranks ninth in China, and the allocated amount of support ranks tenth.