The discussion about the spirit of science happened in the time of New Culture Movement and the period of reform and opening-up. The connotations of the spirit of science include spirit of seeking truth from facts, spirit of exploration and practice, skeptical spirit and selfless spirit during the New Culture Movement. The connotations about the spirit of science since reform and opening-up include two meanings: first, the spirit of science is the awareness and attitude that people should possess in the scientific activities, including the spirit of seeking truth from facts, the spirit of practice, the spirit of exploration and innovation, etc; secondly, the spirit of science is the cultural essence and value systems which derives from scientific activities, its basic values are the pursuit of the objective facts and the truth, advocating ration, evidence and progress, etc. The connotations of spirit of science are constantly changing and developing, and the fundamental reasons for these development and change are the progress of the times and the concept of scientific development. However, the basic connotations about the spirit of science in the pursuit of truth and seeking truth from facts do not changed.

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