Xinhua All -Media+丨 my country has over 1,500 science and technology museums and science and technology museums in China

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 5th (Reporter Wen Jinghua) Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the average annual investment in science popularization in my country has increased by 8.16%annually, and the construction of national popular science venues has been accelerated. The latest data show that in 2020, there were 1,525 science and technology museums and science and technology museums across the country, an increase of more than 50%over 2012.

This is the information that the reporter learned from the press conference held by the National New Office on the 5th. At the meeting, Wu Yuanbin, director of science and technology talents and science and technology popularization of the Ministry of Science and Technology, introduced that in recent years, the guarantee capabilities of my country's popular science cause have been increasing, and the conditions and foundations of scientific knowledge and dissemination of scientific ideas have been continuously consolidated.

Faced with the new requirements of the new era, in order to further strengthen the popularization of popularization, recently, the Central Office and the State Council issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Popularization of Science and Technology in the New Era". Among them, in response to the insufficient coverage of popular science venues in my country and the relative single of popular science content forms, the opinions were proposed to encourage the construction of science popularization bases with regional, industry, and disciplines. Comprehensively enhance the service capabilities of the science and technology museum, promote the construction of science and technology museums according to local conditions, support and encourage multi -subject to participate in the construction of science popularization infrastructure such as science and technology museums, and strengthen science popularization infrastructure, popular science products and service standards management.

Li Meng, deputy minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said that next, the Ministry of Science and Technology will promote the implementation of opinions and support the construction of high -level professional science venues. Research and carry out the content enhancement action of popular science venues, enhance the accuracy and popularity of the display content, and continuously improve the ability and intelligent level of science popularization venues; plan to build a national science popularization base system that meets the requirements of the new era. Participating in interactive scene base allows the public to learn scientific knowledge, master scientific methods, and cultivate the scientific spirit in the process of participating in the experience.

[Editor in charge: Zhang Yongsu]

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