Science & Technology Communication and Popularization and Public Scientific Literacy Construction

Abstract

Science and technology communication and promotion is a vital approach to enhancing civic scientific Literacy, and in return, boosting civic scientific Literacy enhancement is an essential task of science and technology communication. In the first half of the twentieth century, there are loads of work on civic scientific literacy survey and research done in many countries, while the civic scientific literacy enhancement has been shifted from an educational issue to a policy issue. In 2006, the State Council issued The Outline of the National Scheme for Scientific Literacy (2006–2010–2020), which enshrined the construction of civic scientific Literacy as a national priority, given the demands of the development of science, technology and social economics. In implementing the Outline, the undertaking of science and technology communication towards young people, farmers, the urban workforce, leading officials and public servants has been rapidly improved. This chapter analyzes the background of the issuing of the Outline and introduces its contents and implementation.