China's per capita science spending rose to 1. 84 Yuan

2008 National Popular Science statistics results announced that the average of 13 people in the Science and Technology department today published the 2008 National Science statistics results.　　Statistics show that China's per capita science spending has risen to 1.84 yuan, on average, there are 13 popular science workers in every population. According to the introduction, the statistics are carried out by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the statistical scope includes 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, 20 Central, the State Council ministries and departments of the system, is currently the most extensive domestic statistics, covering the largest one of the basic work of science popularization data survey.　　The statistic content mainly includes the science popularization personnel, the Popular science field, the Science popularization Fund, the Popular Science media and the popular Science Activity 5 Class One index, 75 two level index. Statistics show that the cause of China's popular Science in the 2008 has maintained a good growth trend.　　The popularization of popular science people and funds has increased significantly, new and expanded a number of popular science venues, various forms of popular science works, with scientific and technological activity week as the representative of mass popular science activities has produced a wide range of social impact. The number of the national science popularization staff remains quite level. 2008, the total number of part-time science professionals 1.761 million people, the 2006 growth rate of 8.47%, the average population of 13 people, more than 2006 1 people.　　The popular science personnel has the full-time staff 229,700 people, increases 14.89% than 2006, the popular science part-time personnel 1.5314 million people, increases by 7.57% than 2006. The government investment in popular science has increased significantly. The 2008 National Science Popularization Fund amount of 6.484 billion yuan, the government at all levels designated for the implementation of popular science activities (excluding basic construction funds) of the Special science funds 2.442 billion yuan, 56.7% increase than 2006.　　From this calculation that the national per capita government investment in the science of special funds 1.84 yuan, than 2006 per capita 1.18 yuan increased by 0.66 yuan. The construction of popular science venues has been paid attention. 2008 a total construction area of 500 square meters of all kinds of popular science venues 1107. Among them, science and Technology Museum 285, science and technology Museums 380, Youth Science and Technology Museum station 442.　　In addition, a group of popular science venues are under construction, 2008 National science and engineering venues infrastructure expenditure amounted to 1.191 billion yuan, an increase of 21.87% than 2006. As at the end of 2008, China has completed 285 science and Technology Museum building area of 1.7992 million square meters, hall area of 832,600 square meters total. Most of these science and technology museums are under 5000 sq m. Building area of 1000~5000 square meters of the number of science and technology Museum has a maximum of 154, accounting for more than half.　　Although there are only 45 science and technology museums with a building area of 10,000 square meters, these venues have a total of 65.22% visitors. Radio and film play a prominent role in the spread of popular science. 2008 National Radio and Television broadcast Science (technology) program total time is 180,000 hours, television broadcast Science (technology) program total time for 220,000 hours, respectively, than2006 grew by 84.28% and 92.66%.　　Popular Science (technology) programs are more and more attention by the production department. 2008, the national total publication of popular science books 3888 species, the increase of 22.96% than 2006; The total number of publications is 45 million, less than 2006 by nearly 8%, science books accounted for all 6.9 billion books of all kinds of 0.65%; the National publishing science periodicals 561, lower than 2006 1%　　The total number of books published in 143 million volumes, up nearly 8% from 2006, and science journals accounted for about 5% of all 3 billion periodicals. Popular science activities become an important platform for the benefit of the public. In 2008, the number of visitors to the Science and Technology Museum and the scientific and technological museums reached more than 60 million, which was 73% more than 2006; The National Science (technology) lectures 950,000 times, the audience reached 160 million people, than 2006 increase 8.06%;　　Special Exhibitions 115,300 times, visitors more than 197 million, more than 2006 growth of 35.77%, the various institutions held a popular science (technology) competition 46900 times, the number of participants reached 48.4884 million, compared to 2006 growth of 14.77%. Science and technology activities Week is an important mass popular science activities in China, in 2008, the national total investment of 273 million yuan, an increase of 23.15% than 2006, of which the government grants 188 million yuan, enterprises to subsidize about 16.78 million yuan.　　Science and technology activities during the week, held a total of nearly 100,000 popular science projects, attracting more than 97.97 million people to participate in it, compared to 2006 growth of 13.01%. BEIJING, November 11 (Xinhua)