关于科学普及与中国未来发展的思考

Thoughts on Popularization of Science and Future Development of China

科学是人类追求真理的伟大事业,科学普及(以下简称“科普”)是实现创新发展的重要基础性工作。纵观科学发展历程,人类通过科普实现知识体系的开放与共享、生产技术的应用与推广、科学文化的传承与发展、文明理性的启蒙与教育。文章分析了科普的作用和价值,指出科普有利于促进科学技术与社会的良性互动、提升科技治理水平效能,有利于提升公民科学素养、保障公民行使科学文化权力,有利于加强创新系统和创新文化建设。进而立足中国式现代化建设大背景,指出科普在人才培养、创新发展、社会治理、对外开放等方面大有作为。最后,从坚持科技为民的科普理念、筑牢科普传播阵地、立足科技向善的价值导向、推动开放科学的大力发展、促进科普国际交流与协作等方面指明了科技工作者的科普责任与使命担当。

Science is a great cause for human beings to pursue truth.Popularization of science is an important basic work for achieving innovative development.Throughout the history of scientific development,human beings have realized the opening and sharing of knowledge system,the application and promotion of production technology,the inheritance and development of scientific culture,and the enlightenment and education of civilization and rationality through scientific popularization.This study analyzes the role and value of science popularization,and points out that science popularization is conducive to promoting the benign interaction between science and technology and society,improving the efficiency of science and technology governance,improving citizens’scientific literacy,ensuring citizens’exercise of scientific and cultural rights,and strengthening the construction of innovation system and innovation culture.Then,focusing on the background that China will vigorously promote Chinese path to modernization in the future,it points out that scientific popularization will make great achievements in talent training,innovative development,social governance,opening up and other aspects.Integrating science and culture into national culture and the spirit of the times through science popularization will help to achieve self-reliance in high level science and technology.Finally,it highlights the responsibility and mission of scientific and technological workers in popularizing science for the benefit of the people,strengthening the platforms for science communication,adhering to the value orientation of science and technology for good,advancing the development of open science,and enhancing international exchange and cooperation in science popularization.