China News Service, Beijing, May 19 (Reporter Sun Zifa) The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced on May 19 that the 18th Public Science Day of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2022 will be held on May 21-22 this weekend. The “Science Day on the Cloud” will be launched simultaneously in more than 100 affiliated units of the academy with the theme of “Love Science, Towards the Future”.
According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this Public Science Day advocates adhering to the principle of "Science is not missed", and will comprehensively display the major scientific and technological innovation achievements of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in recent years to the public through online activities, demonstrate the key role of scientific research in major national strategies, and promote Scientific spirit, create a scientific atmosphere, cultivate a scientific culture, and stimulate the public, especially young people, to pay attention to and interest in science.
In order to actively cooperate with the epidemic prevention policy, this year's Public Science Day of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is striving to create a "Science Day on the Cloud" (open.kepu.cn), including "Traveling the Chinese Academy of Sciences", "Scientific Masters Talking About Science", "Popular Science Reading Club", "Science Video Hall" and many more. Various forms of online activities, multi-perspective and multi-channel "play with science", bring more scientific thinking and fun to the public.
Astronomical observatories, botanical gardens, museums, field stations, key laboratories and major scientific and technological infrastructures affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences will be opened simultaneously online.
Among them, the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences will open the "Chang'e 5" lunar soil sample analysis laboratory to display mysterious lunar soil samples and meteorites; the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences will display the "Xihe Laser Device" and "Shenguang Gao" Power Laser Device” and other large scientific installations; Shanghai Institutes for Advanced Study, Chinese Academy of Sciences will lead the public to explore the Shanghai Light Source and National Protein Science Research (Shanghai) facilities; Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences will focus on the “Dual Carbon” strategic action to demonstrate the “Double Carbon” strategy. "Black Technology"; Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences will open a biodiversity experience park.
At the same time, a group of front-line scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, including academicians, will focus on astronomical geography, aerospace exploration, artificial intelligence, new energy, life science, natural ecology and other fields of public concern, through lectures, reports, open classes and other forms. To clarify doubts for the public.
The University of Science and Technology of China will carry out a series of popular science reports on "Into Science and Technology", inviting eight academicians from the University of Science and Technology, including Bao Xinhe, Tian Zhigang, and Feng Donglai, to talk about cutting-edge technology; the "Gezhi Lun Dao" forum will invite researchers from the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences Min Qingwen, well-known popular science people on the Internet, etc. gave scientific and cultural speeches on the theme of "Unknown Surprise".
Various research institutes affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences will also organize various popular science activities based on their own research characteristics: Wuhan Botanical Garden and China-Africa Joint Research Center will display the Sino-African Biodiversity Achievement Exhibition, and let the public know about scientific research through the China-Africa live link The staff working in Africa will experience a different Kenya Botanical Garden; China Science Popularization Expo, together with the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, will launch a live broadcast on the theme of "Tonight We Care About Science", and will invite Academicians Wang Yifang and Liu Zhongmin to join hands with them. Young scientist Xu Ying and popular science experts talked about science; Science Press launched the "Free Reading Activity of 100 Good Science Books" from May 18 to 25, and selected 100 "Good Science Books" for free readers through the Science Library platform read online.
In addition, the Chinese Academy of Sciences will simultaneously launch more than 100 popular science videos, showing the scientific principles behind cutting-edge technologies and the science around them.
The official popular science public account of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, "Science Academy", will systematically release event notices and visit guides, and comprehensively expand the participation channels of the public science day.
It is understood that the Public Science Day is an annual large-scale public welfare popular science activity held by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Since 2004, every May each year, various scientific research institutes are open to the public as scheduled, and it has developed into a brand popular science activity of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The 18th Public Science Day in 2022 will be organized and implemented by the Science Communication Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Computer Network Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences will provide comprehensive support.
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