A "spaceship" docked in the beautiful Greater Bay Area, meaning the "boat of science and technology" sailing to the future, this is the world's first digital civilization innovation science and technology museum - Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum (new museum), which is not only unique in shape, but also in terms of design creativity is also benchmarked against the world's first-class.
In 2022, the museum will release six major bids of "preliminary design" to the world, requiring that the bids must be international consortiums. Now that the opening of the museum is imminent, Geng Qingsong, the project leader, is even busier, "The 'preliminary design' is the work of the content construction of the science and technology museum from 0 to 1, and we were very excited that our creative architecture can be exported to the frontier cities of reform and opening up." In 2023, we won the bid for 'Deepening Implementation', and for more than two years, we have held almost weekly matchmaking meetings to promote the progress of the project. ”
According to a third-party "2023-2024 Enterprise Rating of China's Exhibition Market", Hefei Anda Chuangzhan Technology Co., Ltd.'s core competitiveness is among the top 10 in the country, and it is the only enterprise that focuses on science and technology museum business. Anhui enterprises with higher ratings also include Hefei Panshi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. and Hefei Guoyuan Exhibition and Exhibition Co., Ltd., whose main business is also related to the construction of science and technology museums and comprehensive science popularization.
Science and technology innovation looks at Hefei, science popularization to Anhui, Hefei and even Anhui's popular science industry started early, has strong strength, and leads the country. Judging from the number of bids won each year and the amount of bids, Anhui Jun ranks leading in the country, and representative enterprises such as Anda Chuangzhan, Panshi Technology, Hefei Tanao, and Anhui Baida are all in the first phalanx of domestic science popularization and comprehensive cultural museums. According to the "Hefei Science Industry Development Plan (2023-2028)", in 2022, the business of science popularization venues undertaken by 40 enterprises in Hefei will have a market share of more than 40% in the national market.
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to "strengthen the national capacity for science popularization". At present, the popular science industry has become an emerging industry with frequent new business forms, rapid growth in scale, cross-integration of business, and expanding boundaries. How to give full play to Anhui's comparative advantages and promote the coordinated development of scientific and technological innovation and scientific popularization? On the industrial outlet, can the popular science Anhui army grow from a "pioneer" to a "main force"?
The "Interesting Soul" of the Famous City of Science and Technology
Wang Zhengqian, who started his business 32 years ago from the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, may not have imagined that he would participate in the construction of 800 popular science venues in 200 cities in China. Founded by Wang Zhengqian, which will be shortlisted for the top 100 enterprises in Anhui Province in terms of market value in 2023, the "Charm of Mortise and Tenon" theme exhibition jointly developed by Wang Zhengqian and the China Digital Science and Technology Museum shows the world the earliest architectural "science" in China.
Anda Innovation Exhibition and China Digital Science and Technology Museum jointly developed the "The Charm of Mortise and Tenon Joint" theme exhibition
Also in 1998, it was born out of the China University of Science and Technology and became the earliest enterprise engaged in the research and development and production of popular science exhibits in China. In 1999, Hefei Tanao successfully developed the first maglev geo-lunar instrument in China's popular science industry, developed the first Rubik's Cube robot in China's popular science industry for the Shanghai World Expo in 2010, and completed the first set of exhibits in the mobile science and technology museum of the China Science and Technology Museum in 2011. Up to now, Hefei Tanao has provided more than 800 science and technology museums with self-developed landmark exhibits and exhibits, with a market share of more than 60% in the domestic exhibits, and the R&D and design level of landmark exhibits has maintained a leading position in China.
In 1999, a student from the University of Science and Technology of China broke into the popular science industry, and he was the founder Shu Yuheng. In 2022, Panshi Technology was listed on the New Third Board and expanded its business to countries such as Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Russia and Malaysia. On this year's May Fourth Youth Day, the "Robot Band" independently developed by Panshi Technology made its debut on CCTV, the drummer "Silence" had no distractions, and the bassist "Ferryer" was melancholy and calm, and they were also "ambitious" to prepare for a special concert.
The integration project of the Alzamir Oasis Science Center in Saudi Arabia undertaken by Panshi Technology
The popular science Anhui army started from Hefei and moved towards the booming national and even global markets. They not only participated in the construction of the new Hefei Science and Technology Museum, Hefei Garden Expo Park, and Anhui Science and Technology Museum, but also contributed Anhui wisdom to thousands of national and even global science popularization projects such as China Science and Technology Museum, Shandong Science and Technology Museum, Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum, and Zhengzhou Science and Technology Museum.
According to the data of Hefei Association for Science and Technology, Anda Innovation, Panshi Science and Technology, and Hefei Tanao are among the top three science exhibition and education enterprises in China. It has become one of the main production and R&D bases for popular science products in China, adding a touch of "interesting soul" to the famous science and technology city.
Fertile soil for science and technology innovation cultivates "science forest"
How strong is the atmosphere of science and technology innovation in Hefei? In a public opinion poll in 1997, "building a science and technology museum" was at the forefront of Hefei citizens' suggestions, so Hefei people were fortunate to have the country's fourth science and technology museum in the modern sense. Many old citizens still remember that on May 26, 2002, the Hefei Science and Technology Museum was officially opened, and the visiting queue lined up again and again, once extending to the cooperative road.
According to Cao Xiaoxiang, deputy director of the Exhibits R&D Department of the Hefei Science and Technology Museum, the comprehensive innovation rate of the exhibits here is about 55%, many of which are the first in China.
Large-scale popular science venues are the central link of the city's popular science industry chain, and they are also fertile soil for cultivating popular science enterprises.
In 1998, when the construction was planned, the relevant departments came forward to invite scholars and professors from the University of Science and Technology of China to participate, and most of the classic exhibits such as the Hefei Exploration of the Olympic Games and the "Square Wheel Bicycle" that aroused the scientific curiosity of generations of people were born from him.
The "square wheel bicycle" designed by Hefei Tanao has stimulated the scientific curiosity of generations
In 2000, the country's first popular science caravan drove out of the Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Museum, and the "car" was established in 1956 by the Ministry of Machinery directly under the national first-class scientific research institute——, and thus gave birth to a new department of the company: the Science Equipment Division. Xing Jinlong, Minister of the Science Popularization Equipment Division, told the all-media reporter of "Hui Shang" that Hefei General Institute has created a number of firsts in the field of science popularization in China: the development of the first batch of vehicle exhibits, the production of the first set of mobile science and technology museums, the release of the first science popularization exhibit standards, the preparation of the first exhibits of science popularization books, etc., and also won the gold medal for outstanding science popularization products at the 9th China Wuhu Science and Technology Expo, becoming the only unit to win the gold medal for a second time.
The original innovative development of the "dynamic three-dimensional hyperboloid" of Hefei General Institute has won many awards, including the gold medal of the Wuhu Science and Technology Expo in China
According to the statistics of Hefei Science Industry Alliance, the member enterprises of the alliance will achieve operating income of more than 24 billion yuan in 2023. As an important link in the chain of the national scientific and technological innovation system, popular science and scientific innovation are equally important. The atmosphere of popular science has cultivated the soil of scientific and technological innovation, and the advantages of scientific and technological innovation have further promoted the development of the popular science industry.
"Popular science + industry" is brewing a new outlet
The science popularization army can take the lead, not only from the ability of scientific and technological innovation, but also from the guidance of policies. In 2003, Anhui Province issued the country's first blockbuster document to support the development of the popular science industry - the "Decision of the Anhui Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Anhui Provincial People's Government on Further Strengthening the Work of the Association for Science and Technology and Giving Play to the Role of Science and Technology" (Anhui Fa [2003] No. 17), which clearly requires the "development of the popular science industry" and puts forward specific measures, including supporting and encouraging all kinds of capital including private capital; tax incentives for the popular science industry and the scientific and technological consulting industry; The research and development project of popular science products should be included in the project plan of the Provincial Planning Commission and the Provincial Department of Science and Technology; Actively support popular science enterprises to create well-known brands and become bigger and stronger.
Under the release of policy dividends, Anhui has quickly formed a national exhibition brand - China (Wuhu) Science Products Expo. Since 2004, Wuhu and the Science and Technology Expo have been hand in hand for 20 years, and Wuhu, as a national innovative city, currently ranks 27th in the country in terms of innovation ability. Anhui also has the only national science popularization innovation platform for the R&D and industrialization of popular science products in China - "National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Popular Science Products".
The development of the popular science industry requires universities, scientific research institutions, high-tech enterprises, social groups, grassroots organizations, and scientific communities to form a benign interaction mechanism. The large number of large institutes and abundant scientific and educational resources are the strong advantages of Anhui in the development of science popularization industry. According to the latest data, the provincial capital Hefei has risen to 13th place in the global ranking of scientific research cities.
Anhui's scientific and technological innovation attributes and scientific research advantages also attract the gathering of resources in the whole chain of science popularization industry, and promote the deep integration of science popularization and education, tourism, culture and other industries. On May 18, at the "USTC 2024 Science and Technology Activity Week", 10,000 tourists checked in to the popular science project. On May 19, the "Public Science Day of the Chinese Academy of Sciences", more than 35,000 people from inside and outside the province approached the "artificial sun" of Hefei Science Island.
To develop the popular science industry, Anhui has been one step ahead and has accumulated exemplary experience in popular science. However, with the application of a new generation of artificial intelligence and other technologies, the popular science industry is facing a reshuffle, in recent years, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other places have quickly seized the "golden period" of the development of the popular science industry, and intensively issued a series of laws, documents and specific policies, and there is a trend of latecomers.
Statistics show that the current output value of the mainland science industry is about 100 billion yuan, and the foreign science industry has been developing since the 60s of the 20th century, and the contribution of the American museum industry to the economy in 2016 reached 50 billion US dollars.
In the traditional sense, the cause of popular science is often led by the government, and the demand is driven by supply, but in the new era, the development of popular science industry is an effective way to achieve high-quality development of popular science.
In the future, science popularization will form a trend of complementary and integrated development of "career" and "industry" mechanisms. To cultivate and expand the popular science industry and encourage leading enterprises in science and technology to increase investment in popular science, Anhui also needs to accelerate the construction of a characteristic popular science industrial system and re-understand the cross-border symbiotic relationship between "popular science, industrialization, and urban innovation", so as to grasp the mission of the times of "big popular science".
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Text | Xuan Lan
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Editor-in-Charge | Lv Pintian
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First instance | Qi Fei
Second instance | Liang Shuang
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