Civic Scientific Literacy Survey in China

Abstract

Chinese civic scientific literacy survey has been conducted for over 20 years. The findings of Chinese civic scientific literacy have directly promoted the implementation of The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Popularization of Science and Technology (2003) and Outline of the National Scheme for Scientific Literacy (2006-2010-2020), and provided important support for the development of the business of Science Popularization (SP). The history of Chinese civic scientific literacy survey, modification and improvement of index system and questionnaire design, the trend analysis of Chinese civic scientific literacy and attitudes toward S&T are introduced in this paper, which would be helpful to fully understand SP monitoring and evaluation work in China.