2021-09-14
The 2021 Bejing Science Festival began at the Beijing Science Center on September 13, 2021.
Poster of 2021 Bejing Science Festival (from Beijing Association for Science and Technology)
Zhang Yuzhuo, Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group, Vice President in charge of daily work and Chief Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), and Chen Jining, Deputy Secretary of Beijing municipal committee of the CPC and Mayor of Beijing, attended the event.
At the event site, Zhang Yuzhuo and Chen Jining watched the promotion video of the Beijing Science Center.
Zhang Yuzhuo had a video connection and conducted in-depth exchanges with Zhuang Wenying, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), who was recording the popular science lecture "Fungi and humans" at the Capital Lecture Hall of Beijing.
Zhang Yuzhuo and Zhuang Wenying encouraged the broad masses of scientific and technological workers to attach importance to advocating research methods and thinking modes when communicating science, thus stimulating the enthusiasm of the whole society to acquire scientific knowledge and creating a sound cultural atmosphere for science communication.
Then Zhang Yuzhuo and Chen Jining jointly initiated the theme exhibition of "Highlight of faith -- the Spirit of the Chinese Scientists" to demonstrate research achievements of the older generation of scientists including Mao Yisheng, former President of the Beijing Association for Science and Technology (BAST) and one of the most prestigious Chinese structural engineers in the world.
Exhibits of videos, pictures and physical objects at the theme exhibition was of great historical value and made the visitors feel the spiritual beauty of the older generation of scientists and their efforts to pursue faith.
Zhang Yuzhuo and Chen Jining also visited exhibitions of concrete mathematics and abstract physics.
Then they attended the theme lecture of "Academicians and experts talking about science -- Biodiversity" and had
in-depth discussions with academicians, experts and volunteer instructors on the lecture site.
As an important part of the 2021 National Science Popularization Day event and under the theme of “Moving to achieve sci-tech self-reliance and self-strengthening at higher levels at the starting point of the 2nd century”, the 2021 Bejing Science Festival event includes 4 sections: activities at main venue, joint action of science popularization activities in Beijing, Beijing international science communication week and online science festival.
The event will last until September 17 and consists of more than 300 activities including exhibitions, hands-on activities, symposiums and popular science lectures, attracting nearly 1000 sci-tech professionals to participate.
Also joining the event were Meng Qinghai, Vice President and Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of CAST and Jin Wei, Vice Mayor of Beijing and Secretary General of the Beijing municipal government.
Tag: Science Communication, Science Festival