Beijing Science Center (BJSC) is a public institution affiliated to the Beijing Association for Science and Technology. As a major public facility for science popularization, BJSC covers a land area of 57,000 m2, with total floor area hitting 43,500 m2 and total exhibition area reaching nearly 19,000 m2. After 4 years of planning and construction, BJSC completed construction and opened to the public in September 2018, and it has since been open for two years.  

BJSC has 6 management support divisions and 8 business divisions, with its business system structured pursuant to its four functional orientations of communication, display, education and exchange. By actively carrying out exchanges and cooperation with domestic and foreign technology, education, culture and communication institutions, BJSC has contributed to the innovative development of Beijing's science popularization practices and promoted the establishment of a modern science popularization system for inclusive sharing.

Situated along the Central Axis of Beijing, BJSC covers a land area of 5.7 hectares, with its total floor area hitting 43,500 m2 and total exhibition area reaching nearly 19,000 m2. It consists of four main buildings: Building 1, Building 2, Building 3, and Building 4.

Building 1: Exhibition on Beijing Science and Technology Innovation

Located on the first floor of Building 1, the exhibition showcases a wide array of technological innovations and focuses on displaying the scientific thoughts, scientific methods, scientific spirit and scientific knowledge contained in such innovations by digging deep into the source and process of innovation.  

In response to the global public health concern of COVID-19, the exhibition of 2020 is themed on the "War Between Humans and Infectious Diseases" to systematically and vividly showcase the history of how mankind won the battles against epidemics with the power of science and technology.

Building 1: Special Effects Theater 

Located on the 2nd floor of Building 1, the Special Effects Theater can accommodate 300 people, and consists of a dome theater, a giant screen theater and 4D theater. 

Building 2: “Secrets of Life, Technology and Everyday life, Survival Through Nature "Exhibition Hall

Consisting of 2nd-5th floors and housing 180 permanent exhibits, this exhibition hall serves as BJSC's main carrier of science communication.  

Building 3: Institute of Scientific Innovation

Located on the 1st-4th floors of Building 3 and highlighting the core role of scientific thoughts and methods, the Institute of Scientific Innovation is engaged in teacher training, industry exchanges, academic research, and talent recommendation.

Building 4: Children's Interactive Garden

Located in Building 4, the Children’s Interactive Garden consists of 4 themed areas— “Amazing Nature”, “Science Classroom”, “Learn about Yourself” and “Parent-Child Activity Area”—and houses a total of 76 exhibits. 

Science Square 

The Science Square is used for popular science display, leisure activities and functional area expansion. The exhibits are distributed around Building 1 and Building 2, including weather station and other outdoor exhibits. 

Science Education Activities

“Secrets of Life, Technology and Everyday life, Survival Through Nature " Exhibition-Education Combined Course System

With the theme of ——“Secrets of Life, Technology and Everyday life, Survival Through Nature”the main exhibition hall of BJSC has integrated this theme into the entire process of planning and implementation of its exhibition and course system. Underlain by the exploration of the laws of life, the pursuit of a high-quality life and the concern for our living environment, the courses have been designed on the basis of exhibits to put students at the center, to advocate the all-round development of people and to educate students on "virtue, wisdom and mindset". Guided by the development philosophy of "combining exhibition with education and putting emphasis on education", BJSC has developed its unique "Secrets of Life, Technology and Everyday life, Survival Through Nature" exhibition-education combined course system.  

Consisting of three primary themes (Secrets of Life, Technology and Everyday life, Survival Through Nature) and 20 secondary themes, the course system offers a total of 120 exhibition-education combined courses targeting students of Grades 1-2, Grades 3-4, Grades 5-6 and Grades 6-7 (30 courses for each group). 

Science On a Sphere

The "Science On a Sphere" global display system developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States has more than 900 popular science resources, mainly astronomy and geography. BJSC has teamed up with science teachers from elementary and middle schools and scientists from universities and colleges to develop 4 Mars-related courses, 26 geography courses and 1 online popular science drama related to Mars. 

Special Effects Theater

The Special Effects Theater currently has 13 dome movies, 5 giant screen movies and 3 4D movies, and conducted an internal trial operation during the National Science Day in September this year. By working with experts and teachers from the National Meteorological Administration and other institutions, BJSC launched a series of activities themed on "Watching Movies and Talking Science", including movie watching and lectures, movie appreciation meeting, online lectures and popular science video production, so as to fully exploit the value of these movies and to expand their connotations. 

Beijing Mobile Science Center

The Center has more than 200 exhibits and 5 sets of supporting courses, which cover mechanics, acoustics, optics, mathematics, etc. Adopting modular design, the exhibits for tour exhibition are small but sophisticated, and various popular science resources, such as exhibits, courses, interactive activities and popular science dramas, can be tailored to the needs of schools. By integrating the learning of scientific thoughts and scientific methods into the exhibition, we can achieve way better outcomes than traditional exhibitions.  

The Concrete Mathematics Laboratory of 2020 marks a novel attempt of BJSC. Using the commonly seen educational exhibits of Beijing Mobile Science Center, this exhibition put its main focus on the training of mathematical thinking. Under the guidance of Beijing Association for Science and Technology, BJSC has, through classification, combination and exploitation of connotations, successfully developed an array of mathematical thinking training courses underpinned by the scientific thoughts and methods that the exhibits are trying to convey. 

Beijing Science Popularization Troupe

Sponsored and promoted by BJSC, the Troupe serves as an exchanges and cooperation platform for the production, performance and promotion of popular science dramas, and avoids the limitations of the traditional practice of engaging science museum alone in the creation, production, performance and rehearsal of popular science dramas. Under the membership registration system, all members can apply for grants for the production and performance of popular science dramas. Science teachers and art teachers from elementary and middle schools are welcome to register as members of the Troupe and attend theoretical seminars and practical activities such as science drama salons and the related promotional events. All types of school-based drama clubs can apply for grants from the Troupe and the funding for the performance of popular science dramas.

Major Science Communication Events ——Beijing Science Festival

On September 19, 2020, the 10th Beijing Science Festival kicked off at BJSC. Combining both online and offline activities and making full use of the basic exhibition and education facilities, venues and activities of BJSC, Beijing Science Festival comprises more than 100 science popularization activities such as Beijing Science and Technology Innovation Exhibition, Exhibition of High-Tech Products, Concrete Mathematics Exhibition, Beijing Science Lectures, Lectures by CAS/CAE Members, and Beijing Science Popularization Exhibition, displaying more than 600 exhibits. 

Beijing Science Communication Contest

 Held on November 22-24, 2020, the 2nd Beijing Science Communication Contest consists of competitions of science counselors, science commentators, exhibit design, and popular science comics. Aimed at serving the development of science communication talents, serving the creation and innovation of popular science products and serving the improvement of public services for science communication, Beijing Science Communication Contest upholds its orientation of "promoting training, learning, application and talent fostering through competitions", and strives to bolster the fundamental construction for science communication and to promote the high-quality development of science communication in Beijing.

International Exchanges 

Actively carrying out international science communication exchanges and cooperation, BJSC has successively held an array of influential events such as Science Museum CEO's Dialogue, Beijing Global Network of Science Festivals, Roundtable of Beijing International Science Festival, and Beijing International Science and Technology Film Festival, and has received foreign guests from more than 50 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Ghana, etc.

Science Museum CEO's Dialogue

The First Science Museum CEO's Dialogue was held in Beijing on November 3-5, 2019. With the main theme of giving full play to the functions and roles of science museums, this Dialogue was open to worldwide science museum CEOs and researchers and practitioners engaged in science communication and scientific culture promotion. Honored guests from 14 science communication agencies and popular science museums in 11 countries were invited to have a dialogue with officials of domestic sciences museums and domestic science communication experts, discussing the innovative development achievements of domestic and foreign science museums and jointly drawing up a blueprint for the exchanges and cooperation between science museums. The Second Science Museum CEO's Dialogue will be held in 2021. We are looking forward to your participation.