Abstract:As bridges and ties between the Party or the Government and the workers in science & technology, associations for science and technology should strengthen their self-improvement under the guidance of the General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions and requirements on mass organizations and scientific and technological innovation, taking "politics, progressiveness, and mass-oriented" as the fundamental attributes and requirements. Considering the features of the mass groups in the new era, the corresponding development law, and the attributes of the association for science and technology, the requirements on the development and construction of the association for science and technology is clarified under the guidance of the mass organizations reform principles, and the development orientation of the association for science and technology in strengthening high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement is determined. Considering the "Four Aspects" development requirements and the "Four Services" construction standards, and aiming at the construction of an open, hub-like, and platform-based transformational organization, it is proposed to construct the association for science and technology as a“red” , practical, people-serving, intelligent and branded organization.