The construction of scientific literacy in the era of innovation requires a full understanding of the value and role of science popularization and scientific literacy on the development of science and technology and innovation; requires a greatly strengthen of the construction of function for science popularization and scientific literacy to service innovation development; and also requires to promote the construction of scientific literacy to enter a new stage of development and achieve high-quality development. Outline of the National Scheme for Scientific Literacy (2021–2035) puts General Secretary Xi Jinping’s statement “Put the popularization of science at the same important position as science and technology innovation” as the fundamental basis for the high-quality development of scientific literacy, emphasizing the construction of institution and mechanism for “science popularization of and science and technology innovation are equally important”. This will provide a powerful impetus and an important opportunity for China’s construction of scientific literacy to achieve high-quality development.

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