Outline of the National Scheme for Scientific Literacy (2021–2035) gives different priority in orders to scientific spirit, scientific thought, scientific method and scientific knowledge, and defines the new connotation of scientific literacy by expressing citizens’ basic scientific ability as analysis and judgment ability and problem-solving ability. According to the new plan, more than 15 percent of the population will have scientific literacy in five years and 25 percent in 15 years. In order to achieve this goal, the new plan adds the elderly as the key group, adjusts the scope of the two key groups, modifies the content of the scientific quality to improve of the two key groups, and puts forward five measures to provide the supply efficiency of science popularization. The new plan is feasible, but there are still challenges of assessment the effectiveness of its implementation.

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