[BEIJING] China will double its number of science communicators to four million by 2020, according to the Chinese Association for Science and Technology.
The association will train and support professional communicators to work in rural areas and museums. It also hopes to boost the number of advanced professionals in science writing; research and development; and science industry management, as outlined in the plan, '2010–2020 China's Popular Science Talent Plan'.
According to the association's press release, China believes there is a shortage of science communicators — or 'science popularisation professionals' — in the country, and especially in rural areas, where it plans to have 1.7 million.
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Author: Ding Jie
