For enhancing the effectiveness of science popularization in urban community, and improving scientific literacy of residents, it is necessary to research on residents' needs and satisfaction for science popularization in urban community and find corresponding methods and approaches to solve problems. This paper uses questionnaire survey, group interview, field investigation and other methods to investigate the community residents and workers on science popularization in a local district of Beijing. The results illustrate that community residents' needs and interest in science content are diverse; every topic about science is preferred by residents. The most popular channels for residents to access science and technology information are TV and cell phone. The community usually adopts two ways of science popularization; the one is using science resources to spread knowledge of science and technology, the other is holding some activities. The residents feel quite satisfactory towards specific projects and the works of science popularization in community. For further improving community science popularization, we should not only enrich the content of science popularization and create the form of science popularization, but also complete the mechanism of science popularization in the community, integrate the resources of science popularization in community, and achieve the accurate connection between demand and service through information technology.

science popularization in community  /  science needs  /  satisfaction  /  science popularization resource