A Historical Investigation On The Development Of Scientific Association In Modern China

Scientific association in Modern China is the intellectual organizes which is engaged in the scientific research (including technology research). It is the product thatChinese modern time scientific technological develops certain stage, at the same time, it has also reflected the Chinese modern times intellectual the scientific achievement and social contribution which were obtained in the scientific field. Chinese scientific association started late, it was born in the latter Qing dynasty time. Scientific association had the premise of the Chinese science and technology development, also, had the foreign mass organization of the demonstration influence. But what is more important the end of 19th century ,national crisis of China was continuously aggravated, the Propagation of the thought of"study of colony"made Chinese progressive intellectual realize that the necessity of"getting on well with others strength","broaden the knowledge", it is the important way that saved the nation from subjugation. Therefore, under the summons and leadership of reformists , institute of 1898 was born in the national salvation, including science society. 1895-1898 ,scientific society had some features that manifested as the member not much, the scale not big, and the system incomplete, simultaneously, most scientific society only rest on the advocate of western learning and the neglect academic research. The Republic of China, because of the laws and regulations about"forms association", and the rise of New Culture Movement, as well as the support of the community, these promoted the scientific society. Scientific society developed much not only in the scale, but also in the influence in the Republic of China, meanwhile in mass organization quantity and the member scale had grown, simultaneously the system of"the academic society"tended to perfect, the activity mode presented the multiplicity. All of scientific society took disseminates the scientific knowledge as own duty, and pay attention to the experimental study, participates in national positively the economic development and the social enterprise's construction.Scientific association in the Modern China manifests saves the nation from subjugation, voluntary characteristics mutual benefit, non-beneficial and so on in the process of tortuous development; they had both displayed the patriotism mood, and had appeared the democracy idea, as well as sacrificing spirit. Because of this, the Chinese Modern times Scientific association had played the significant role in the modern China: Promoted the Chinese modern times scientific enterprise's development, had laid the foundation for the Chinese scientific system's formation, simultaneously, expanded the troop of scientist and the science and technology personnel; Had increased the scientific content to China culture and education enterprise, increased the institutions of higher learning hard science system; Contributes labor and materials for the New Democratic Revolution enterprise;What was more, it promoted the modern China modernization in the historic course.