China News Service, Beijing, December 31 (Reporter Sun Zifa) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China on December 31 that the Ministry's latest 2021 national science popularization statistics show that the national science popularization work funding scale in 2021 will be 18.907 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 10.10% over the previous year, of which 15.029 billion yuan was allocated by government departments at all levels, accounting for 79.49% of the total funds raised that year.

The national per capita science popularization special fund was 4.71 yuan, an increase of 0.54 yuan over the previous year.

　　The 2021 national science popularization statistics show that in 2021, all departments and regions will focus on the key points of science popularization work, promote the orderly development of various science popularization work, and ensure that the development of China's science popularization during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period is off to a good start.

　　——National science popularization funding has increased significantly, and public financial investment continues to play a leading role.

In 2021, the national science popularization work fundraising scale will be 18.907 billion yuan, an increase of 10.10% over 2020, providing strong support for the realization of a good start for science popularization work during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.

Among them, government departments at all levels allocated 15.029 billion yuan, accounting for 79.49% of the total funds raised that year.

The national per capita science popularization special fund is 4.71 yuan, an increase of 0.54 yuan over 2020.

Expenditures on science popularization activities were 8.385 billion yuan, accounting for 44.24% of the expenditures for popularization of science in that year; expenditures on infrastructure construction of popular science venues were 3.336 billion yuan, accounting for 17.60% of the expenditures for popularization of science in that year; 10.20% of the amount.

　　——The construction of the science popularization personnel team has been steadily moving forward, and the personnel composition has been further optimized.

In 2021, the number of full-time and part-time science popularization personnel nationwide will be 1.8275 million, an increase of 0.80% over 2020.

There were a total of 1,115,500 science popularizers with intermediate professional titles and above or with a bachelor’s degree or above, an increase of 9.47% over 2020, accounting for 61.04% of the total number of science popularizers that year.

The number of full-time science popularization creation (R&D) personnel reached 22,400, an increase of 20.79% over 2020.

There were 49,200 full-time science explanation (tutoring) personnel, an increase of 18.41% over 2019; 310,300 part-time science explanation (counseling) personnel, an increase of 13.65% over 2020.

　　——The construction of science popularization venues continued to advance, and the number of visitors rebounded significantly.

In 2021, the number of science and technology museums and science and technology museums will increase significantly, with a total of 1,677 nationwide, an increase of 152 over 2020, and an increase of 13.03% in the area of ​​exhibition halls.

Among them, there are 661 science and technology museums and 1016 science and technology museums.

In 2021, science and technology museums and science and technology museums will adopt more flexible, orderly and standardized management and reception measures, so the number of visitors will rebound significantly, reaching 163 million for the whole year, an increase of 42.42% over 2020.

There are 47,800 special activity rooms for science popularization (technology) in urban communities nationwide, a decrease of 4.06% compared with 2020; 194,500 rural science popularization (technology) activity venues, a decrease of 1.25% compared with 2020; An increase of 1.13%; 1,476 mobile science and technology museum stations; 220,500 science popularization columns.

　　——The forces of all parties are active, and the science popularization activities have a wide audience.

In 2021, various institutions across the country will organize 1,038,200 online and offline popular science (technology) lectures, attracting 3.38 billion participants, an increase of 108.24% compared with 2020; 100 million visits, a decrease of 35.91% compared to 2020; 36,800 online and offline science (technology) competitions were held, with 726 million participants, an increase of 294.22% compared to 2020.

The Science and Technology Week is a mass science and technology activity with the highest degree of public participation, the widest coverage and the greatest social influence in the country.

The 2021 National Science and Technology Week will focus on the theme of "Looking Back in a Century: The Communist Party of China Leads the Development of Science and Technology". Leading major progress and outstanding achievements in scientific and technological innovation.

During the event week, a total of 111,600 offline and online special science popularization activities were held across the country, with 593 million participants, an increase of 21.26% over 2020.

　　——The offline and online channels of media communication are parallel, and the construction of network channels has slowed down.

In 2021, the national radio station will broadcast 146,000 hours of popular science (technical) programs; the total length of TV stations will broadcast 177,500 hours of popular science (technical) programs; 85.5989 million popular science books will be issued; 88.3467 million popular science periodicals will be issued; 94.6212 million copies of newspapers were distributed, and a total of 498 million copies of popular science books and materials were distributed; 1,867 popular science websites; 1,669 popular science microblogs; and 7,949 popular science WeChat public accounts were built.

　　It is understood that the national science popularization statistics work is under the responsibility of the Department of Science and Technology Talents and Science Popularization of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the China Institute of Scientific and Technological Information is specifically responsible.

The statistical scope of the 2021 data includes 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and 31 relevant units of the central and state agencies. A total of 77,200 questionnaires were collected, which is currently the most extensive and most comprehensive in China. The most abundant and authoritative basic data of government science popularization work.

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