
The event brings together high-quality science popularization and science innovation resources to create an all-round science popularization feast
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The National Science Popularization Month of Guangdong Province and the Guangdong Science Popularization Carnival aim to showcase the development achievements and scientific and technological innovation practices of science popularization.
China News Service, Guangzhou, September 29 (Reporter Wang Jian) The main venue event for the 2026 Guangdong Province National Science Popularization Month and the 9th Guangdong Science Popularization Carnival Achievements Exchange was launched on the 29th at the Guangdong Science Center in Guangzhou. The event brings together high-quality science popularization and science innovation resources. Through multiple exhibition areas, multiple themes, and an immersive interactive experience, the event comprehensively displays the development achievements of Guangdong's science popularization undertakings and the practical results of scientific and technological innovation, creating a national science popularization feast that can be seen, touched, and experienced for the public.
The reporter saw at the scene that this Guangdong Science Popularization Carnival has four themed exhibition areas: Intelligent Connectivity, Fertile Field Chasing Light, Health Protection, and Hard Core Foundation Building. Among them, the "Intelligent Connectivity" exhibition area focuses on the fields of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and digital science popularization, displaying achievements such as intelligent development boards, AI shrimp farming robots, AI calligraphy pens, and AI music videos; the " Fertile Field Chasing Light" exhibition area focuses on traditional culture, ecological science popularization, and science and technology sports, covering intangible cultural heritage Guangfu blended tea, Guangzhou embroidery cultural creativity , animal specimens, drone football displays, and popular science book signings and gifts; the "Health Protection" exhibition area focuses on the theme of smart medical care and traditional Chinese medicine, bringing together handheld ultrasound, oral care and correction, and intelligent consultation technology for the four diagnostics of traditional Chinese medicine, and setting up interactive projects such as intestinal flora testing, traditional Chinese medicine knowledge Q&A, sachet making, and Baduanjin experience; the "Hard Core Foundation Building" exhibition area focuses on the construction of major transportation infrastructure, with the Shiziyang Channel project as the core to showcase hard core engineering technologies. The four major exhibition areas cover health, intelligence, ecological culture, engineering technology and other fields, showing the characteristics of the integration of science popularization in multiple fields.
In addition to the four major theme exhibition areas, this event has created a number of special thematic exhibitions to build an all-round and multi-level science popularization display system. Among them, the "Star Abyss" Zhao Enzhe Oriental Science Fiction Art Exhibition integrates science fiction creativity and the core of science, opens up the boundaries between science and fantasy, and effectively stimulates the scientific imagination and innovative creativity of the public, especially teenagers; the "Science World in Images" special exhibition interprets the mysteries of science from the perspective of images, enriching diverse science popularization experience scenes.
During the event, a series of interesting interactive activities such as science fairs, science story sessions, science quizzes, and mobile science lantern riddles were staged in turn. The science popularization atmosphere was fully online, allowing scientific knowledge to go out of the exhibition boards and into daily life. Among them, the science story will affectionately tell the scientific research stories of the older generation of scientists’ patriotic dedication and bravery to reach new heights, and vigorously promote the spirit of scientists in the new era; the science popularization mobile lantern riddles will use the mobile exhibition mode to set questions, and citizens can participate at any time while visiting the exhibition, truly realizing "science is everywhere when visiting the exhibition, and there is always fun".
The organizer of the event said that the event gave full play to the role of a core platform for displaying provincial science popularization results and effectively promoted the transformation of scientific and technological innovation achievements into inclusive science popularization resources.

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