China aims to make more than 15 percent of the country’s population scientifically literate by 2025, within the framework of a new national plan to promote science and technology.
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The plan, released on Tuesday, shows a target of 5 percentage points higher for 2025 compared to 2020. The proportion of scientifically literate Chinese citizens reached 10.56 percent in 2020, exceeding the country’s 10 percent target for the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020).
Why is scientific literacy important?
Scientific literacy concept; It expresses the spirit of scientific enthusiasm, knowledge of basic science and scientific method, and the ability to apply them to analyze and solve problems. Therefore, it is important for citizens to look at the facts from a scientific point of view.
Scientific literacy helps people to better and more accurately understand and interpret many events in social life. In this way, people become more resistant to conspiracy theories and lies. They need to question what is on their minds.
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