We are living together on a beautiful planet and we are members of a community of shared future. Today, with the rapid development of science and technology and the deepening of globalization, improving public science literacy and enhancing the public’s understanding and participation in science and technology are critical to the all-round development of individuals as well as sustainable economic and social development. It will help us better cope with global issues related to science and technology and the development of human society as well as build an open, inclusive, clean and beautiful world characterized by everlasting peace, universal security and common prosperity. This has become a major consensus of the international community.

Themed on "Science Literacy for a Shared and Better Future", World Conference on Science Literacy  is the first international conference dedicated to promoting public science literacy. The conference aims to build an international exchange platform and a global cooperation mechanism to push ahead the joint consultation, joint construction and sharing in promoting public science literacy, so as to get support from governments and mobilize scientists, educators, media, enterprises and other public forces to jointly fill in the gap in science literacy between countries, lead the universal improvement in public science literacy, fully release the positive energy of scientific and technological progress, and enhance the well-being of mankind and create a better future.

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More than 1500                     More than 50                5 special activities 
national scientists                issues and exhibitions          during the meeting