There are new characteristics in population age structure and population aging has entered a new stage in China. It is necessary to improve scientific literacy of the elderly to remedy the weakness of national scientific literacy. There are still problems in the construction of scientific literacy of the elderly, like the low level of scientific literacy of the elderly, insufficient supply of popular science resources for the elderly, and inadequate utilization of elderly human resources. Facing 2035, science popularization for the elderly should focus on improving information literacy and health literacy to adapt to social development, realizing the inclusive sharing of science popularization resources, and building new momentum of elderly science and technology human resources, so as to promote the general improvement of the citizen’s scientific literacy and serve the all-round development of people.

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