Through the study on the change of science popularization policies, this essay outlines the legalization process of science popularization industry, and claims that “science popularization industry” has become a universal conceptual terms in both academic and government's choices. It is a common sense that corporate development of science popularization enterprise led by government and science popularization industry is operated by market. Then, through a comprehensive analysis and system contrast of the connotation and denotation of the two, this essay accurately grasps the qualitative and quantities prescription of science popularization industry and cultural industry, and discusses that science popularization industry is an integral part of the cultural industry. This paper fundamentally solves the legitimacy of cultural industry policies applying to science popularization industry.

science popularization industry  /  cultural industry  /  cultural industry policies  /  legitimacy