New Developments and Important Issues for Science and Technology Communication and Popularization

Abstract

In the recent years, as the development of China’s STCP effort was constantly pushed on, especially with the implementation of The Outline of the National Scheme for Scientific Literacy, China’s STCP enterprise has made great achievements: conceptual breakthroughs have taken place, the SP (Science Popularization) policy environment has been constantly optimized, SP practice has gained extensive practical fruits, Civic Scientific Literacy has made important progress and the theoretical system of SP has been initially built. But there are still a lot of problems to be solved. we need to improve the policies and regulations system, strengthen mechanism to improve the science capacity, improve the regulation and policy system, strengthen mechanism construction, advance the SP ability and equalization, do more science popularization work by use of science resources, inspire SP practice innovation and develop the SP industry. SP research is still facing with difficulty and complicated tasks, a lot of work needs to be done on the basic theory, Civic Scientific Literacy, SP resources, SP capability, national system, non-profit SP and SP industry. This chapter provides an overview of the characteristics of China’s recent STCP effort and analyses its important issues.