The finals of the 2026 Guangdong Science Communication Competition concluded on September 13 at the Guangdong Science Center, with contestants presenting frontier technologies and major national achievements to the public.

Topics ranged from the sea-based net recovery of the Long March-10B rocket and Hualong One nuclear power units to embodied intelligence, brain-computer interfaces and quantum computing. The contestants focused on key research directions of China's 15th Five-Year Plan and on development achievements in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangdong's High-Quality Development Project for Counties, Towns and Villages and new quality productive forces, integrating science communication into economic and social development.

Since the competition was launched in June 2026, 111 selection events have been held across 21 prefecture-level cities, provincial departments, universities, research institutes and high-tech enterprises, attracting 5,387 applicants. After multiple rounds of selection, 53 teams and 283 contestants advanced to the finals, a record high.

Guangdong has implemented an innovation-driven development strategy and its comprehensive regional innovation capacity has ranked first in China for nine consecutive years. The province has also introduced science communication policies and regulations, held a variety of science events and built science infrastructure, achieving a leap in civic scientific literacy.

Source: South
Editor: Lyun Yun