The Bureau of Science Popularization was the first specialized science popularization administrative institution under CPU's leadership after PRC's founding. It was the product of implementing the guidelines on science popularization in the new era and represented the importance of science popularization at that time. It tried to establish a national science popularization administrative organization network, created a foundation for establishing science popularization mass organizations, and carried out some model works, etc. Restricted by the characteristics of science popularization work and the level of social development at that time, the Bureau of Science Popularization did not perform its duties well and was finally merged. However, it laid a foundation for the establishment of the national science popularization mass organization and the development of science popularization. It has a milestone significance in the process of science popularization institutionalization in China.

The Bureau of Science Popularization  /  science popularization  /  administrative institution  /  popularization and improvement