China has witnessed a transformation of strategic goals from striving for economic development and material supply to seeking a balanced social structure and sufficient supply of cultural and spiritual resources so as to achieve a better life. Hence, a focus on strikingly speedy development has been transferred to a comparatively slower phase in which balanced development is emphasized. Ever since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, science popularization practice has long been pursuing instant effectiveness, while for the emerging culture of science, values and perseverance have been highlighted. In the new era, culture of science commands that scientific communities should no longer be enclosed as ivory tower, but take up the commission endowed by science popularization and culture of science: to fulfill the public’s increasing needs for a better life and to take corresponding actions. For this purpose, the paper proposes five inter-related major projects aiming to promote the culture of science, namely, scientific spirit promotion project, scientific culture communication project, scientific culture regulation project, scientific culture infrastructure construction project, and the project encouraging the public’s participation in scientific activities.

science popularization  /  culture of science  /  strategic transformation  /  five major projects