Zhang Chunxian, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), speaks at a video conference on the enforcement inspection of the Science and Technology Popularization Law on May 31, 2022. [Photo provided by the NPC's Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee]

Zhang Chunxian, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), called for solid efforts to boost publicity of science and technology during a video conference on the enforcement inspection of the Science and Technology Popularization Law.

Zhang Chunxian, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), speaks at a video conference on the enforcement inspection of the Science and Technology Popularization Law on May 31, 2022. [Photo provided by the NPC's Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee]

Noting that science publicity is equally as important as sci-tech innovation, Zhang said it's necessary to make continuous efforts to enforce the law and to strive for  new progress in this regard.

He also called for law-based thinking and a problem-solving approach in science popularization and urged more efforts to create a favorable social atmosphere to bring science to the general public, to increase funding for publicity initiatives, and to build a talent team to advance the endeavor.

The meeting heard a report on the enforcement of the law in South China's Guangdong province and also held exchanges among officials, lawmakers and representatives from universities, businesses and science publicity communities.