China release 丨 Ministry of Science and Technology: Encourage social funds to invest in science popularization and attach importance to online science popularization

China Net, September 5th. A few days ago, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Popularization of Science and Technology in the New Era" (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions"), which required further strengthening popularization. On September 5, the State Council's Press Office held a press conference on the relevant situation of the popularization of science and technology in the new era. Li Meng, deputy minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said that popular science work must have a deep social foundation and social atmosphere, encourage and guide social funds to through construction through construction Popular science venues, the establishment of popular science funds, carried out various forms of popular science activities, and invested in science popularization.

Support and cultivate the network science popularization team as an important new forces

Li Meng said that the current popular science work is different from previous science popularization work. In the past, science popularization of the public through books and exhibition boards. The current popular science work is developing from offline plane to line and offline digitalization and intelligence. The information explosion in the Internet era has accounted for more than 80%of the scientific information spread through Weibo, the Internet, and WeChat form. The rapid iteration of information technology and media technology provides new opportunities for the content and methods of popular science transmission. Therefore, the Opinions are particularly emphasized that it is necessary to make full use of information technology and continuously enrich the form and communication channels of science popularization works, so that the public is in depth. Experience and interaction continuously improve scientific literacy.

"Network space has become an important position for science popularization work. The science and positive science popularization content has spread quickly and has great influence. Pseudo -science and anti -science bad information is also spread quickly and has great influence on the Internet. Important new forces to support and cultivate, guide them to spread positive energy, enhance science, and serve the general public more conveniently. At the same time, it is necessary to rectify the content of anti -scientific and pseudo -science in network communication, to deceive the masses in the name of science popularization, disturb the masses, disturb the masses Society and stable behavior. "Li Meng said.

Encourage social funds to invest in science popularization

Li Meng said that popular science work must have a deep social foundation and social atmosphere. At present, my country's popular science funds are invested, and the government accounts for a big head. Among them, the popular science funds of the whole society were 17 billion yuan in 2020, of which about 13.8 billion were allocated by the government, accounting for 80%. Therefore, encouraging and guiding social funds to invest in popular science venues, set up science popularization funds, and carry out various forms of popular science activities to invest in science popularization. In addition, it is necessary to create a popular science forum with international influence to enhance the international influence of Chinese science popularization.

Wu Yuanbin, director of science and technology talents and science and technology popularization of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said that science popularization is public welfare, but the development of the popular science industry is also conducive to promoting the development of science popularization. The "Opinions" particularly emphasized that it is necessary to cultivate and strengthen the popular science industry and promote the integration and development of science popularization and culture, tourism, and sports. It is necessary to promote the market -oriented reform of science popularization public services, introduce competition mechanisms, encourage new popular science companies, and increase the supply of high -quality popular science products and services, especially to encourage scientific and technological enterprises to increase popular science investment.

According to reports, the Ministry of Science and Technology is currently conducting relevant investigations and research to further formulate policies and measures to encourage social forces to establish science popularization. It encourages social funds to invest in science popularization through the establishment of popular science venues, setting up science popularization funds, and popular science activities.

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