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2011 , Vol. 29 >Issue 11-04: 64 - 68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2011.04.010

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An Evaluation of China's Infrastructure Development for Popularization of Science and Technology

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Received date: 2010-12-03

  Revised date: 2011-01-02

  Online published: 2011-02-08

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Abstract

The Popularization of Science and Technology Infrastructure (PSTI) is an important public service platform for science and technology popularization, and a key component in the public service system and the science education for general public in China. Chinese government has made much effort to develop PSTI for promoting the scientific awareness of general public. Recent twenty years saw a new wave of construction boom of China's PSTI. But the effect of PSTI is not well understood. So an evaluation is desirable for the development of China's PSTI. The evaluation of the PSTI development not only should involve the amount of all kinds of PSTI, but also should reflect the whole management and the social effect of the PSTI in China. So the PSTI development evaluation includes the scale, the structure and the effect. This evaluation traces the amount and human resources of all diverse PSTI, and assesses the sustainable development capacity and the general public benefit of the whole PSTI. It is shown that the visitor capacity, the social benefit and the sustainable development capacity of the whole PSTI are still in a low level. The macro level of the PSTI development is low, and lags behind the economic development in China.

Key words： popularization of science and technology infrastructures; index system; evaluation

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; . An Evaluation of China's Infrastructure Development for Popularization of Science and Technology[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2011 , 29(11-04) : 64 -68 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2011.04.010

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