With its integration into all areas of economy and society, digital technology is exerting a broad and profound impact on human production and life. To promote the construction of first-class science and technology associations, it is required to fully comprehend the key dimensions of digital transformation of science and technology associations, clarify the opportunities and challenges for their future development, and identify the key paths for their transformation and improvement. Based on the experience in planning and construction of platforms such as Smart CAST, Smart CRSTA, and China Volunteers in Science and Technology, the author summarizes and proposes the planning and implementation framework of digital transformation of science and technology associations from five aspects, with a view to facilitating the informatization, digitalization and intellectualization of science and technology associations, and providing optimal services for both science and technology workers and the building of an innovative country.

science and technology associations  /  digital transformation  /  path options