Science Popularization was one of the important measures implemented by the Chinese Communist Party for constructing the Shan-Gan-Ning Border Region. The science popularization in the Border Region was adhered to the ‘science serving for the war’ rule. The Party's theorists proposed some judgments about ‘scientific methods should be in accordance with the task of science’ and ‘theory should be in accordance with practice’. Practically the Party emphasized the training of cadres or technical cadres, the education of the mass, solving the urgent problems encountered by the mass with scientific methods, and formulating many policies or laws. The authority of the Border Region founded some science institutions, propagandized and reported science and technology positively, and held exhibitions. The Party also encouraged the cadres to blend in with the mass, solve problems with science and technology. All the practices acquired good results, which defended the Border Region effectively, united the mass and the Party together firmly, and laid the foundation of successive triumph. The theories and practices of science popularization in Shan-Gan-Ning Border Region influenced science popularization of PRC drastically and historically.

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