From June 6 to 9, 2024, the 2024 Annual Conference of Science Education Branch of the Chinese Society of Education was held in Xi’an, and Prof. Fang Yu attended the conference and gave an invited report titled “Science education and talent cultivation: From the importance of basic research”.

In the report, Fang Yu explained the importance of science education and talent cultivation from the perspective of basic research, stressed the important role of basic research for the development of national scientific and technological undertakings, arguing that basic research has no room for quick success or quick profit, and it needs to embrace the culture of individuality and encourage the soil of innovation, and priority on science education is significant for breeding scientists with high aspirations.

Sponsored by the Science Education Branch of the Chinese Society of Education, organized by the School of Materials Science and Engineering and the Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology of the Ministry of Education, and co-organized by Xi’an Hi-Tech Development Zone Experimental Primary School, the conference aims to promote the theoretical development of science education in China, strengthen the communication and cooperation among scholars of science education, and point out a direction for the future development of science education.

More than 300 people attended the conference, including teachers, researchers and administrators specializing in science education in colleges and universities, primary and secondary schools, master’s and doctoral students, and other science educators from across China.