The organization of the Ningbo Association for Science and Technology is composed of 4 departments, namely the General Office, the Department of Research and Publicity, the Department of Science Popularization, and the Department of Academic and Societies Affairs (Office for Assisting Innovation), and 2 institutions directly under the Ningbo Association for Science and Technology, namely the Ningbo Academician Service & Overseas Intelligence Service Center, and the Ningbo Science Popularization Development Center (Ningbo Science and Technology Center for the Youth).
The General Office is responsible for daily routine of the organization and draft of comprehensive documents; synthesis, coordination, supervision and inspection of the work of all departments; arrangement of Party group meetings, Chairman’s office meeting, and learning activities of the central group, etc.; secretarial files, organization of important meetings, confidential system, security guarantee, dealing with complaint letters and visits, accounting management, comprehensive business statistics and so on; discipline inspection and supervision, organization of personnel, labor wages and management services for retirees of the Ningbo Association for Science and Technology and the institutions directly under the association; vehicle management and logistics support; organization construction, cadre and personnel administration, recommendation and commendation of outstanding scientific and technological professionals, and contact with district, county (city)-level associations for science and technology.
The Department of Research and Publicity is responsible for overall planning of, guidance-providing for and coordination of activities related to publicity and researches of the Ningbo Association for Science and Technology, contact with governmental departments in charge of publicity, providing guidance for municipal societies, science and technology associations of enterprises and institutions, and district and county (city)-level science and technology associations, and is fully responsible for information release and publicity, media operation, public opinion response and management of the system of Ningbo Association for Science and Technology; carrying out researches of the situation of scientific and technological professionals; organization of activities for consultation and suggestions, and development of a think tank for scientific and technological innovation; relevant tasks on publicity and researches assigned by leaders of the Ningbo Association for Science and Technology, and so on.
The Department of Science Popularization is responsible for organizing and carrying out a variety of activities for science popularization, and contact with, coordination of and guidance-providing for science popularization for associations of the system of Ningbo Association for Science and Technology; providing guidance for and contacting with county (city) and district associations for science and technology; providing guidance for associations for science and technology with enterprises and sub-districts and rural professional technology associations; guidance-providing for publications of the Ningbo Association for Science and Technology and places for holding its science and technology activities; rural practical technology training and promotion, and application and evaluation of farmers’ technical titles; guidance-providing for science and technology education for the youth.
The Department of Academic and Societies Affairs is responsible for organizing and mobilizing scientific and technological professionals to carry out activities, providing services for enterprises and rural areas; organization and coordination of comprehensive and multidisciplinary academic research activities on key subjects and carrying out academic exchanges and cooperation for professionals from both at home and abroad; providing professional guidance for academic exchange activities carried out by the municipal societies (associations and research institutions), associations for science and technology in colleges and universities, and associations for science and technology in scientific research institutions; cooperating with relevant departments of the Ningbo Municipal People’s Government to do a good job in further education of scientific and technological professionals; selection and awarding of municipal outstanding academic papers, organization of the selection and awarding of the Ningbo Municipal Youth Science and Technology Awards, and management of municipal natural science academic works publication funding projects. The department is also responsible for mobilizing and organizing provincial and national societies and associations to interact and cooperate with enterprises in the city, especially private ones, and introduce outstanding high-end talents from provincial and national societies to provide services for enterprises; organizing and mobilizing scientific and technological talents in the city to cooperate with enterprises, provide decision-making consultation for enterprises, solve technical problems, develop new products, transform scientific and technological achievements, and cultivate scientific and technological talents and so on. The department is in charge of the organization and construction of municipal societies and associations as well as science and technology associations of enterprises and institutions.
(1) To organize introduction of high-end intelligent academicians, activities for exchanges among academician experts, and publicity of academician culture.
(2) To participate in the application organization, assessment management and promotion recommendation of intelligence introduction platforms, such as academician workstations.
(3) To carry out non-governmental scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation both at home and abroad as well as in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and to undertake and organize various international academic conferences and scientific and technological exhibitions.
(4) To provide the service of introducing overseas intelligence.
(1) To carry out education activities and training programs for the popularization of science and activities for the selection and cultivation of scientific and technological innovation reserve personnel in the city.
(2) To carry out the development and construction of various resources, platforms and carriers for science popularization, and do a good job in the promotion, operation and service management.