The paper presents a brief review of the history of collaboration between CFI/Transtional and Chinese scholars, as well as the achievements both of the partners have made in the past two decades. Facing a series of global and serious issues and problems, the paper indicates it necessary to strengthen the worldwide cooperation.

Science enriches the human knowledge and extremely enhances the ability of the human. Modern technology based on the discovery of natural science has provided the possibility to realize the desire of mankind for different purposes. It is possible to reach the better state of harmony of the human being. Three factors are composed in harmony of the humankind, including the harmony between the human and the nature, among the peoples, as well as in mentality. Science may provide hopeful help and enhance the rational foundation of harmony for them. It may happen that modern technology be abused to shake the foundation of the civilization. Calling for the intelligence of humanity and philosophy, and reconsidering the ultimate value of scientific research work and technological inventions are sacred responsibility of today.

Based on the definition of citizen, literacy and scientific literacy, as well as the common commands of citizens of scientific literacy claimed in the Outline of National Action Program for Scientific Literacy of All Chinese Citizens, this paper discusses the creation of sub-aims of improving the public scientific literacy in four aspects. The paper also supports a content system in terms of science communication, and appeals to set up an assessment indicator system which can be used to measure the scientific literacy changes after the public are informed of the content.

This paper discusses the qualification and principles of benchmarks' content, and argues that in the process of establishing Chinese civil science literacy benchmarks, the national conditions must be considered.

This paper first analyzes the characteristics and rules of civic disaster. Based on the analysis of case of the survery on Beijing citizen's crisis consciousness, the paper considers that the civilians of Beijing have not got sufficient abilities against calamities and are not qualified to the requirements of "peaceful Beijing and safe Olympics". Therefore, the paper discusses and puts forward methods and policies which will be helpful to strengthen the culture of urban public safety education.

A case study is carried out to illustrate that there is a wide social rhetoric space around a scientific concept. After intensive social rhetoric, the OMP osteb blasts milk protein becomes from a scientific concept to a symbol of high quality milk product with many added social meanings. Social rhetoric is a basic way of communication within human society. However, under certain conditions, it could be abused. Public participation is expected to penetrate the'fog of rhetoric', and in the long run, promotes a harmonious, cooperative, and responsible social culture.

This article discusses the problems and shortages in the operation systems in Chinese science popularization infrastructure, such as the social funding systems, the macro management system on the national level, the management and control system in the infrastructure units, and the service standards of the infrastructure, etc.

The science popularization resource package of neutral water recycle in city was primarily designed by taking consideration of the designing principle, content and format. The package consists of lectures, visits, experiments and topic discussions by focusing on science popularization.

The National Science Foundation of the US supports the studies and activities of science education and popularization through the Division of Education and Human Resources (HER). The expenditure of HER accounts for about 13% of the total budget of NSF. The budget of program on Informal Science Education accounts for about 1.1% of the total budget of NSF. NSF contributes to the advancement of science education and the promotion of teenagers'scientific literacy.

This paper gives a background description of the situation of STS (science technology and society) in Japan, and in combination with vary historical stages of the development process of the relations between public and science affairs, the paper offers a general and progressive view of the PUS activities in Japan.