China's modern science is not the product of inheriting traditional Chinese culture, but the "result" of the spread of Western science in China.

Ren Hongjun founded the magazine "Science" in 1915, stating "the mission of disseminating the latest scientific knowledge in the world", marking a new era of scientific communication.

He created a special "General Theory" column in "Science" magazine, and later compiled "General Theory of Science" and wrote "Introduction to Science", all in order to introduce the "whole science" buried in various "disciplines" to the Chinese people.

The word "science" was corrected by Ren Hongjun after Kang Youwei converted Japanese characters into Chinese characters in 1897.

"Science" once entered the vision of Mao Zedong, a young man who was determined to "try to supplement basic scientific knowledge"; the invention king Edison once expressed the emotion that "the great Chinese nation is awakening" because of the publication of "Science" magazine; "Science" has even

Opening a door to the ideal for Hua Luogeng, a young man from Jintan... Ren Hongjun, who studied in the United States, believed that the British and American systems were the best: when running "Science", he used Nature as a model, and when running the China Science Society, he used the Royal Society as a model.

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After returning to China in 1918, he began his scientific pioneering career in China.

He regarded the "research spirit" as the "seed of science" and the research organization as "the air and soil that cultivates this seed."

Therefore, he published articles in various newspapers and periodicals, gave reports at annual meetings of scientific societies and popular science lectures, and advocated "research" everywhere.

In 1922, he founded the Institute of Biology of the Chinese Science Society in Nanjing, and later built a scientific library and a scientific library and instrument company... When he attended the Third Pacific Science Conference held in Tokyo in 1926, the Chinese Science Society was regarded as China's

The representative organization of the scientific community has been recognized and affirmed by society.

They adhered to the independent path of "private" science, and later established the Academia Sinica, which was compatible with the centralized system, under the initiative of Cai Yuanpei and others. Since its birth in 1928, it has occupied a dominant position in the Chinese scientific community.

The China Science Society not only made valuable early explorations for the institutionalization of Chinese science, but also provided key talents for the establishment of the Academia Sinica (the highest academic research institution in the Republic of China).

While studying abroad, Ren Hongjun compared the gap between China and the West and realized that China lacked "science" the most, so he launched the "Science to Save the Nation" movement among international students.

Thus, we built bridges and paved the way between the ravines between Chinese and Western cultures, and under the goal of saving the nation through science, we explored the values ??that should be established as the Chinese nation moves toward a new life. To this end, we took the lead in raising the banner of modernization that simultaneously promoted "democracy" and "science"

, became the first primrose that bloomed quietly on the land of China before the thunder of the New Culture Movement.

In 1917, Ren Hongjun listened to a lecture by M. Metcalfe, a professor at Oberlin University. Metcalf believed that just like muscles have contraction and relaxation, and substances have attraction and repulsion, human society needs the coexistence of two forces: conservatism and innovation.

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Conservatism and innovation in society are represented by "traditionalism" and "scientific spirit" respectively, which are two indispensable forces for maintaining social stability and promoting social progress.

Mei warned Chinese students: China has been ruled by conservatism for a long time, so it is not surprising that progress is slow. The urgent task now is to popularize the scientific spirit, and then there will be progress.

Ren Hongjun believes that "his theory is quite accurate in solving the critical problems of our people."

He translated Mei's speech and published it in the magazine "Science", hoping that the Chinese people would accept it.

After returning to China, he has long been committed to popularizing the scientific spirit to the Chinese people, promoting scientific research, and advocating that scientists should take the discovery of new knowledge as their own responsibility.

In the catalog of Ren Hongjun's writings, there are long lists of "Science and Industry", "Science and Education", "Invention and Research", "Application of Science", "Science and Modern Culture", and "Science and Society".

While working on the board of directors of the China Education and Culture Foundation, he made many remarks on science, technology and education issues, which today seem to fall within the category of "policy research".

During the Anti-Japanese War, he worked hard to support the Chinese Science Society and also paid close attention to the development trend of world science.

As soon as the Anti-Japanese War was victorious, it was emphasized that "the development of science should be regarded as the lifeline of the country's future" and specifically proposed: first, the development of science must be determined as a "national policy"; second, a specific and comprehensive plan for the development of science must be formulated.

plan; third, the country must make a special budget for the development of science; fourth, the personnel who manage scientific undertakings must be experts.

In April 1949, at a symposium hosted by the peripheral organization of the Communist Party of China, he again talked about "regarding science as a national policy". In October of the same year, when he delivered a speech "A Notice to Friends of the Chinese Science Society", he emphasized

"Scientific research has become a national policy of the new government", which further shows the eager expectation for scientific communication.