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Citation: Hou Ji, Ren Anbo. On the Relationship between the Popular Books in Chemistry and Related Policy in China during 2003 to 2011[J]. Chemistry, ;2019, 82(8): 762-767. shu

On the Relationship between the Popular Books in Chemistry and Related Policy in China during 2003 to 2011

Hou Ji ¹ ,
Ren Anbo ^2,,

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Department of History, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
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Department for the History of Science and Scientific Archaeology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026

Corresponding author: Ren Anbo, renanbo@ustc.edu.cn
Received Date: 21 February 2019
Accepted Date: 21 May 2019

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After the promulgation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Popularization of Science and Technology in 2002, the number of popular chemistry books published from 2003 to 2011 showed an overall upward trend. Places of publication and publishing houses are generally scattered, though with a high degree of local concentration. In terms of the subjects of the books that are published, the most popular books are on basic chemistry knowledge, followed by the culture of science, then practical knowledge, and last, frontiers in chemistry. General laws, regulations and policies concerning popular science have little influence on the creation of popular chemistry books. Only when related to social development indicators restricted by the country, major social events involving citizens' lives and safety took place, and specific implementation policies for specific groups of people are issued popular science laws and policies can promote the publication of popularized chemistry books. Among the authors of popular books on chemistry, the proportion of chemical researchers is relatively low, and most of the popular books written by them do not involve the frontier knowledge of chemistry.
- China,
- Chemistry,
- Popularization of science,
- Books,
- Regulations on the popularization of science and technology
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