| The appearances of scientific associations in Modern China were different from in the West. They were not the product of modern science, but were the outcome of migrated by heterogeneous culture. Because of the effect of social cultural at that time, scientific associations went through tortuous development process, and worked out a unique way.The article mainly researches the natural science associations with civil character, based on the period from 1840 to 1919 in China. It fully sorts out the history of modern scientific associations from the perspective of science and culture. Then divides the history into four periods: germination, birth, activity and development. Through comparing with the West and Japan, the article obtains the development features: Modern scientific associations experienced the stage of tortuous development and existed distinct disadvantages, they performed slowly being syncretism and colliding with the tradition culture, and existed difficultly with the excitation and hindrance in the realistic society. Finally, this paper reveals the effect of scientific associations to the modern sciences and modern society. In the course of the study, it mainly uses the methodology of historical data analysis, case study and comparative analysis.As a civil organization, scientific associations worked out a tortuous process in the circumstance of semi-colony and semi-feudal society. Through studying the historical evolution, features and impact, then get below inspiration:Firstly, scientific associations should fully exert its own function.Secondly, government should create policy environment, which is good for associations developing healthily. |
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