China is now undoubtedly at a key phase of its development, so its every forward step calls for our rational thinking and careful choosing. And some problems, such as 'how to estimate the development of Chinese modern science and technology', 'how to orientate it in knew times'> 'how to evaluate its developing course', have become questions for study.Chinese science and technology, for thousands of years, has been conditioned by external social context, and never developed in a normal form. We consider that it is, even now, in a state of inherent weakness. There are several causes of this condition. One is the lacking of suitable social context, restrained by Confucianism tradition of pragmatism. The other is the irrational fanatic circumstance after the 'Culture Revolution'. This resulted in the fact that science cannot perfect itself for its own sake at all and the intellectuals cannot stand on their dignity. The other is the hypercorrection of science people made. This turned science into 'God' in their mind. The fanaticism resulted in scientism in science circle and the prevailing pseudoscience in society.How to deal with the difficulties facing us in developing Chinese science and technology has become an important question for study. Starting from advocating the spirit of science, this paper provides such methods as improve the accomplishment of Chinese or using the kernel of postmodernism theory as reference to establish and perfect the social context that suit for the developing of Chinese science and technology. This context consists of several aspects, such as political, economy and culture. By perfecting it, we can put science and technology in a fast lane of healthy developing.
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