Summarizing and reviewing fine experience of public science literacy is of immense importance to improve the overall science literacy in China. Mainly based on the achievements garnered for science literacy in China from 1998 to 2018, science literacy progress is divided into 3 major periods by adopting the principle of Delphi method, namely, Top-level design period, Government-led promotion period, Socially- mobilized period. Finally, the prospect of science literacy building is further discussed.

With an attempt to make a statistics and analysis of Science Popularization books published in 2015 from the number of the books published, disciplines distribution, translation, series number, pricing, page, publication and press, the author and the translator, total sales number and ranking, total sales amount, and ranking, the aim of the research is to have a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the publishing and sales of science books in China. In recent years, the development of Science popularization books in China is encouraging, whereas, the old problems are still lingering on. On one hand, the type and quantity of printing are rising steadily, and the online sales are increasing rapidly. On the other hand, the old problems such as the repetition of topics, the single expression, the low number and sales of single books, and the gap between the average level of original books and the imported books still restrict the development of Science Popularization books.

With the development of social economy and urbanization in China, the phenomenon of “Not in my backyard”(NIMBY) represented by waste incineration and PX (Para-xylene) projects has occurred from time to time in China, as a result, public engagement in scientific dialogue has become quite necessary. In the study, two dialogues arranged in a formal conference room and a cafe may respectively provide some practice for exploring scientific dialogue mechanisms among experts, enterprises, government departments and the public. The comparative analysis of the two dialogues showed that the speaking frequency per unit time of the latter increased by 27% over the former; experts in the former occupied nearly half of the speaking time, while the latter dropped to 38%, the proportion of other representatives' speaking time increased in varying degrees; the average speaking frequency and volume of men in both dialogues were higher than those of women; the former was more similar to “answering reporters' questions”, while the latter relatively fully expressed their respective views. Finally, it briefly introduced the research of several modes of participation in Germany, and pointed out the main challenges for scientific dialogue to provide some reference for further practice.

The imbalance between science popularization and scientific innovation still exists in China currently, albeit the central government emphasize the importance of scientific popularization. We suggest setting up a trial credit system in colleges and universities to encourage graduate students to attend activities of popularization of science and promote the construction of science popularization talent. Colleges and universities are important intellectual resources centers for activities of popularization of science, thus it is of practical significance to carry out credit system for in colleges and universities by combining domestic and foreign experience. Moreover, we should also be aware of the differences between the education system and the popular science system. We need to think deeply about the problems that may arise and work them through earnestly.

With the rapid development of Internet economy and urbanization of “intelligence” is being accepted by more and more countries and the public. The paper takes the framework and application of the APP service and management platform (it belongs to the construction of digital operation and management system for zhejiang science of technology museum and has been in operation for nearly one year) as an example. In line with commonalities of the routine operation service and management pattern, visitor terminals are designed for the public, and management terminals are designed for the working staff. The paper also comes up with some ideas concerning how to apply digital services to the operation of science popularization venue and make it develop in a sustainable way.

In the 1950-1977 National General Bibliography, 110 chemical popular science books were included. At first, many books were translated books from Soviet. After that, Chinese originals gradually picked up increase. Following the surging of slogan “marching towards science”, the number of books rose dramatically. Due to various political movements in the 1960s, the number began to decline. And then it rebounded in the middle and late period of “Cultural Revolution”. The Hundred Thousand Whys was the largest encyclopedic popular science book published during that period, it was published in three editions, and the chemical part had five volumes. During the “Cultural Revolution”, the number of chemical popular science books was very small, mainly used to interpret Marxism-Leninism and assist political struggles. The content of the chemical popular science books from 1950 to 1977 focuses on the most basic chemistry knowledge, mainly comprehensive knowledge, common substances and phenomena, carbon and organic matter.

As an important carrier of astronomical science popularization, the publishing development level of astronomical science books rightly reflects the breadth and depth of astronomical science work. At the same time, the number and quality of astronomical science books published in a certain historical period can also reflect the level of astronomical development in a country at that time. The paper makes a statistical analysis of the publishing of astronomical popular science books from the birth of New China to the end of the “Cultural Revolution”, and subsequently summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of the publication of astronomical science books during that period. It is of great theoretical and practical significance to promote the publication of contemporary astronomical popular science books in China and even the development of science popularization as a whole.

The research analyzes 354 papers published from 2008 to 2017 in the international authoritative journal Science Communication. The temporal and spatial distribution, author and coauthor, affiliation, citation and keyword are analyzed in detail. The application of diagnostic tool VOSviewer reveals the research hotspots and evolution trend in the field of science communication. Specifically, in the past ten years, international science communication research evolved from the framework of news reports, traditional media, scientific literacy, biotechnology and other traditional issues, to new topics such as science communication from the perspective of new media, visual communication, the forefront science and the public, risk in new technology, etc., which has become new hotspots in the international science communication studies in recent years.

Weibo is an important channel for science popularization. This paper selects 14 mainstream science popularization bloggers as research samples and uses Python to collect information, takes into account micro-blog communication index, and interactive data, and finally analyzes the development, trends, and characteristics of science popularization bloggers. The research finds that: science popularization micro-blogs are on the rising development, there are big differences among different bloggers, and there are endlessly rising stars of bloggers. The spread of science popularization micro-blog relies on the social network between bloggers and fans, bloggers and bloggers. The types of micro-blogs, manifestations, content, styles, interaction might be important factors affecting the effectiveness of science popularization. In a nutshell, suggestions are given concerning how science popularization micro-blogs can effectively play the role of science communication.

At the end of 2017, the “aristolochic acid incident” once again triggered an extensive controversy on Chinese medicine's “poison”. Recently, with the popularity of “A bite of China 3”, the security problem of traditional Chinese medicine grabs the attention from the public again. In fact, there are many misunderstandings about the issue of “poison” in the information disseminated in all kinds of network media and WeChat. From the point of view of science communication, the understanding and correction of “poison” should also embrace a standpoint that transcends the monism of the western science.