The Guideline on Facilitating the Popularization of Science and Technology in the New Era and Outline of the National Scheme for Scientific Literacy (2021—2035) put forward specific requirements for the scientific literacy of leading cadres and civil servants. In the face of the requirements and main problems of the development of scientific literacy of leading cadres and civil servants in the new era, a thematic analysis of the data from the 12th National Civic Scientific Literacy Sampling Survey has been conducted which contained leading cadres and civil servants, Research findings：the scientific literacy level of leading cadres and civil servants is in a leading position among all kinds of people, and the improvement speed is fast, showing the development characteristics of high level and fast growth; in the aspects of scientific knowledge, scientific method, scientific spirit and thought, and the ability to apply science, the features of overall outstanding, comprehensive and balanced are presented. At the same time, there is still a gap between the scientific literacy of leading cadres and the ability requirements of complex and severe tasks. There is an obvious difference in the level of scientific quality between urban and rural areas and regions, and there are obvious imbalances. Through the above analysis and combined with the goals and requirements of scientific literacy development of leading cadres and civil servants, this paper puts forward relevant suggestions to improve the quality and efficiency of the scientific literacy construction of leading cadres and civil servants, to promote the continuous improvement of the scientific literacy of all.

leading cadres and civil servants  /  scientific literacy  /  interest  /  attitude