Contemporary Scientific And Cultural Change

As to the issue of the development of science and technology of China, there has been more emphasis on the research of its history. The research on the history of science and culture of contemporary China, however, has been relatively fewer. Without being confined in the traditional research scope, this article tries to make a new observation over the development of science and technology of contemporary China from the following aspects: the strategic theory, the essential construction and revolution of scientific and cultural conceptions.Based on the observation of the origin of the development of science and both its historical and cultural defects, the article systematically analysis the development in the aspects of its historical and cultural background, its construction and the change of basic conceptions. Among them there is a series of original probing of great significance, for example, in the background and the policy making environment of the development of science technology; further more, the article for the first time summarized systematically the evolution of the contemporary China science system which experienced three phases as the establishment of the new system when the country was found, the China-featured "great science" system begun in the late 1950s and the process of the twice historic confluence of technology tide in the process of reform and opening and the ideological trend of socialism. On the issue of science and technology development's influence on China social culture, the author also pointed creatively that the contemporary China society' s science and culture view had experienced historical transforms among three patterns, which are the mass science view, the political science view and the rational science view.Looking back to the development of science in China, the author concluded that, the idea, "science and technology is the first productivity", has been entrenched all over the society, which means the Chinese will focus on the development of Science. One point we should notice, however, is that there have been serious obstacles to the development of science; the public education is still in need of improvements. There are still tough tasks lying in our way: to explore the way of developing science and technology with Chinese characteristics, to support the development of China' s original invention and researches and to improve the education of Science of public.In the long process of upbuild the well-of society in the all-round way, it' s of great importance to realize the convergence of globalization and localization; to socialize science and build the society in a scientific way; to make the interactive enhancement of education and science; so that we could build a satisfied strategic and cultural environment for the development of Science and technology, improve the interactiveness of science and society, prepare well-educated citizens for the future and eventually, bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.