BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — China made additional progress in increasing its science infrastructure and public engagement in 2024, in accordance with nationwide statistics on science popularization launched lately by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The statistics present that the variety of science and expertise museums throughout the nation climbed to 1,890 in 2024, which was a rise of 111 from the earlier 12 months.
Funding for science popularization actions noticed regular progress. A complete of twenty-two.22 billion yuan (about 3.19 billion U.S. {dollars}) was raised nationally for science outreach work in 2024 — a 3.32 p.c year-on-year improve.
The public science schooling workforce continued to develop, with roughly 2.21 million individuals working full-time or part-time in the sphere of science popularization in 2024, increasing 2.62 p.c from the earlier 12 months.
Public participation in numerous science actions remained excessive. In 2024, over 1.44 million on-line or offline science lectures had been held, attracting greater than 2 billion individuals. Approximately 109,200 particular science and expertise exhibitions had been organized, drawing 480 million visits. And 9,680 analysis establishments and universities opened their doorways to the general public, receiving over 24.95 million visits. ■