On January 8, the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau announced the list of science and technology popularization bases in Xiangtan City in 2023, and 10 units including the artificial intelligence science popularization base of Xiangtan University were selected, covering life sciences, artificial intelligence, modern agriculture and other fields.
The 10 selected units are Xiangtan University Artificial Intelligence Science Base, Hunan University of Engineering New Energy and Green and Low-Carbon Science Base, Xiangtan Maternal Health Science Base, Xiangtan Oral Health Science Base, Xiangtan County Kiwifruit Planting Science Base, Xiangtan County Jingbang Wumei Planting Science Base, Xiangtan County Wushifeng Village 36 Fang Science Base, Xiangxiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture Science Base, Shaoshan Meteorological Science Base, Avatar Planet Science Base.
The popular science base is an important carrier for popularizing scientific knowledge, advocating scientific methods, disseminating scientific ideas, and promoting the spirit of science, and plays an active role in promoting the improvement of the scientific quality of citizens in the city and popularizing science to help the "double reduction". Up to now, the city has 23 provincial-level science popularization bases and 63 municipal-level science popularization bases, and organized more than 100 science popularization exhibitions, science popularization and education activities throughout the year, and the role of science popularization positions has been fully demonstrated.