Zhoushan Archipelago is the largest archipelago in China, consisting of more than 1,390 islands, accounting for 20% of the total number of islands in China, with a sea area of 22,000 square kilometers and a land area of 1,371 square kilometers.
“If you want to carry out popular science work on such a scattered island, you must explore an experience suitable for Zhoushan Islands.” Wu Yuliang, vice chairman of Zhoushan Association for Science and Technology, said when attending the special training course on rural revitalization of grassroots associations held by Zhejiang Association for Science and Technology in 2019.
Wu Yuliang said that in order to implement the spirit of the “Implementation Plan for the Outline of the National Action Plan for Scientific Literacy (2016-2020)”, Zhoushan Association for Science and Technology innovatively proposed the practice of “land, sea and air” and promoted the informationization of popular science in fishing and rural areas in light of local conditions. Relying on maritime satellites, electronic screens, WeChat WeChat official account, television and other carriers, popular science work will cover all groups of fishermen, community residents and rural farmers working at sea.
It is understood that Zhoushan Association for Science and Technology has actively cooperated with Ocean Connect, Archipelago Connect and Qihang Media, and installed 1,000 satellite receivers of Ocean Connect on fishing boats at sea, and opened the popular science App of Ala Fish Man. 400 sets of “Archipelago Connect” popular science electronic screens are installed for communities, schools and public places, and the contents of popular science China and the video of Zhoushan TV station’s scientific explosion are scrolled on the “Archipelago Connect” popular science electronic screen; Carry out light box advertising and popular science propaganda among residents in 36 new communities in the new town where the municipal government is located, so that the knowledge of creating a city and popular science can enter thousands of households.
On the basis of full coverage of “land, sea and air”, Zhoushan Association for Science and Technology has vigorously integrated high-quality marine popular science tourism resources and actively explored the construction of marine popular science education bases. “After a thorough investigation, we found that there are nearly 30 marine popular science education bases in the city, covering four categories: marine life museum, marine science and technology museum, marine production museum and marine cultural center.” Wu Yuliang told reporters that by entrusting a team of experts to produce electronic and paper maps and popular science tourism videos of the city’s popular science bases, and sending them to the public free of charge in Chinese and English, these popular science venues resources have been revitalized.
In addition, Zhoushan Association for Science and Technology continues to promote the strategic action of serving rural revitalization and accelerate the scientific and technological prosperity of fishermen. Relying on the teaching and training platform of Agricultural Correspondence University, and taking the quality training project of fishing farmers as the leader, we will extensively carry out various forms of scientific popularization, scientific and technological training and technology popularization in fishing and rural areas, and vigorously cultivate all kinds of practical talents in fishing and rural areas.
Since last year, Zhoushan Association for Science and Technology and Dinghai Association for Science and Technology have selected Ma ‘ao Street in Dinghai District, where rural work is relatively comprehensive and typical, to carry out the pilot work of serving rural revitalization strategy, and combined with the requirements of group reform, determined the pilot content of “three long” work, and promoted the directors of rural hospitals, stationmasters of agricultural technology stations and school principals to join the Association.
The data shows that in the past year, Zhoushan City has opened 414 classes with a one-year program or above, with 19,330 students enrolled, 1,404 classes with short-term training and 84,740 students. During the one-year work, 72 classes of transfer employment skills training for fishermen and farmers were carried out, with 2881 students; Carry out 42 classes of job skills training for migrant farmers, with 1886 students; Carry out 23 classes of professional skills training in agriculture and fisheries, with 1052 students; There were 277 classes of other training, with 13,511 trainees. Ma ‘ao Street Science and Technology Association’s “Three Longs” pilot work has also been promoted at the township (street) level in the city.
Wu Yuliang said that in the next step, Zhoushan Association for Science and Technology will carry out in-depth work in six aspects: successfully implementing the national scientific quality outline plan, consolidating and upgrading the achievements of popular science informatization construction, solidly building a brand of large-scale popular science activities, deepening the strategic action of serving rural revitalization, focusing on strengthening youth science and technology education, and accelerating the construction of science and technology venues, further strengthening popular science propaganda, carrying forward scientific spirit and improving citizens’ scientific quality.
(Source: Zhejiang Online)