There is a new blueprint for the development of popular science (I am in popular science ③)
Our reporter Yu Sinan
"People's Daily Overseas Edition" (Page 09, August 25, 2022)
The popularization of science and technology plays an important role in improving the scientific quality of citizens by connecting scientific and technological workers at one end and the public at the other.
From the steady growth of funding for popular science, to the popularity of popular science people on the Internet, in recent years, science popularization has received more and more attention.
By 2025, the proportion of citizens with scientific literacy will exceed 15%, a diversified investment mechanism for science popularization has basically been formed, and the layout of science popularization facilities has been continuously optimized... On August 16, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Central Propaganda Department, and the China Association for Science and Technology jointly compiled "" The 14th Five-Year Plan for the Popularization and Development of National Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") was announced, which outlined a blueprint for the cause of science popularization.
Innovative content and form of popular science
Scientific and technological innovation and scientific popularization are the two wings to realize innovation and development.
Launching more efficient and high-quality popular science content, enhancing the attraction of popular science venues and popular science activities, and increasing the participation of the public in popular science activities will open the door to science for more people, further improve the scientific literacy of the whole people, and accumulate inexhaustible power for innovation and development. .
According to the "Plan", during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 6 tasks will be focused on, including: strengthening the value-leading function of science popularization work in the new era, strengthening the national science popularization capacity building, promoting the comprehensive development of science popularization work, promoting the coordinated development of science popularization and scientific and technological innovation, Do a good job in improving the scientific quality of citizens, and carry out exchanges and cooperation in popular science.
The "Planning" mentioned that we should focus on shaping the new trend of the times, vigorously promote the spirit of science and the spirit of scientists, and promote the construction of a number of educational bases for the spirit of science and scientists.
In May this year, seven departments including the China Association for Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Science and Technology jointly released the list of the first batch of spiritual education bases for scientists, and 140 units including the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the "Two Bombs and One Satellite" Memorial Hall were selected.
In the Internet age, the informatization of popular science is the general trend.
The "Plan" proposes to vigorously develop online popular science, support the creation of popular science content and the construction of dissemination carriers that adapt to the characteristics of new media, encourage and support popular science through new media network platforms through short videos and live broadcasts, and cultivate a group of people with strong social influence. Internet popular science brand.
According to reports, there are 2,732 popular science websites, 4,834 popular science Weibo accounts, and 9,612 popular science WeChat public accounts.
Open the door to science for more people
Guiding the whole society to care about and participate in popular science is an inevitable requirement to adapt to the laws of popular science.
Encourage and support social forces to invest in science popularization. The "Planning" mentions that relying on existing forces such as scientific research, education, and culture, implement high-quality science popularization projects and cultivate high-level science popularization creation centers.
At the same time, improve the layout of popular science facilities.
Promote popular science work in public cultural facilities such as museums, cultural centers, libraries, planning exhibition halls, and cultural activity centers.
In February this year, the China Association for Science and Technology identified 800 units as the first batch of national popular science education bases from 2021 to 2025, including nature reserves and scientific research institutions.
Experts said that this measure is conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of all parties in the society to join the cause of science popularization, and to activate the potential of science popularization contained in social resources.
Focusing on strengthening emergency science popularization work, the "Plan" proposes to establish and improve the national emergency science popularization coordination and linkage mechanism, improve emergency popularization measures in emergency management plans of governments at all levels, and promote the inclusion of emergency popularization work in the scope of government emergency management assessment.
At the same time, explore and establish a response mechanism for popular science popularization in society, study active push solutions for popular science popularization in society, respond to social hotspots in a timely manner, release authoritative scientific interpretation information at the first time, improve the public's cognitive ability, and do a good job in public opinion guidance.
High-quality science supply requires a stable creative team.
According to data released by the China Association for Science and Technology in January 2021, the number of science majors and part-time staff in my country has reached 1.87 million.
The "Plan" proposes that scientific research institutions should mobilize the enthusiasm of scientific and technological workers to participate in science popularization through measures such as policy guidance, financial support, and incentive assessment.
Continue to improve the quality of citizen science
During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, my country's popular science work has achieved remarkable results.
The scientific quality of citizens has been continuously improved, and the proportion of citizens with scientific literacy has reached 10.56%; the investment in science popularization has increased steadily. In 2020, the total amount of science popularization funds raised by the whole society is 17.172 billion yuan, an increase of 21.6% over 2015; the number of science popularization venues has increased steadily, and there are a total of There were 1,525 science and technology museums and science and technology museums, an increase of 21.2% over 2015.
At the same time, offline and online popular science activities are closely integrated, producing extensive social impact.
All parts of the country play the role of science popularization positions. Through various forms such as science and technology activity weeks, science (technology) lectures, science (technology) exhibitions, and science (technology) competitions, take full advantage of the wide coverage of online science popularization activities to guide the public to believe in science , rely on science, use science.
It is worth noting that the "Plan" clarifies specific measures to carry out mass popular science activities, such as organizing science and technology activity weeks, national science popularization day, public science day, science and technology worker day and other major national popular science demonstration activities.
Serve the rural revitalization strategy, organize and implement the "three rural areas" of culture, science, technology and health, science and technology missions, science and technology special commissioners, science and technology experts and rich people to the countryside and other rural popular science activities.