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   COUNTRY: PRC
   SUBJ: POLL SHOWS ENHANCEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE NEEDED
   SOURCE: BEIJING XINHUA IN ENGLISH 1437 GMT 2 FEB 91
   TEXT:
   ((TEXT)) BEIJING, FEBRUARY 2 (XINHUA) -- WHAT IS THE CHINESE
   PEOPLE'S VIEW OF SCIENCE AND HOW MUCH DO THEY KNOW ABOUT TT? -A
   RECENT OPINION POLL HA~_,flgjE&Fj -H E PUBLIC BELIEVE I.N.SCIENCE,
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           Aft--g-SPECT Sd-IEff-ISTSt YUL-E.-ADMITTING THAT THEIR OF
   TO* 9E" ENHANCED.
        THE OLL..WAS,.%NQUCTM__RY_,THE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER
   -ATTNIND -0 THE CHINA ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AMONG
   C TT MOR
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   ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF THE POLL, WHICH WAS RELEASED HERE
   TODAY BY PROFESSOR ZHANG ZHONGLIANG OF THE RESEARCH CENTER,,ABQUT 8Q
             PERCENT OF,T 'HE CHINESE PEOPLE SAY THAT TH-ET-HAYE-A GREAT OR_--SOME
   DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND THE
   INTETj~ E -INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE
   ON SOCIETY, AND THEY ALSO BELIEVE THAT S HAS BROUGHT ABOUT
   CTENCE
   MORE BENEFITS FOR MANKIND THAN DRAWBACKS.
        A;~_iANY AS 75 PERCENT OF THE INTERVIEWEES THINK THAT SCIENCE HAS
   BROUGHT THEM BLESSINGS, AND THEY POINT TO ADVANCED MEDICAL SERVICES,
   SOPHISTICATED HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, PLENTY OF FOOD-AND
   CLOTHING, SPEEDY TRANSPORTATION, URBAN~PUBLIC FACILITIES, AND
   FAVORABLE WORKING CONDITIONS.
        OVER 80 PERCENTSE THEM BELT-EVE -TIIAT, S_qTE;NqE_1_5___CA_ZA_BLE OF
   SOLVING SOME PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE LONG TgQq~_~EP_T ffN2a_W_
   SCIENTISTS, INCLUDING THE TREATMENT OF-GANCER, -AIDS AND THE
   SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION_M,,QIGON AND OTHER PHENOMENk IN TRADITIONAL
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    .CHI CINE.
    ',Mn~aUCJINE.
    THE POLL ALS HOWS THAT SCIENTISTS ENJOY THE GREATEST REPUTATION
    AMONG THE PUBLIC. OTHER PROFESSIONS THE PUBLIC RANK AMONG THE BEST
    IN THE COUNTRY ARE, IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, THOSE OF DOCTORS,
    GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS~ PRIMARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS:
    UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, ENGINEERS, JOURNALISTS, LAWYERS, MANAGERS OF
    ENTUPRISES AND BANKS, ARCHITECTS AND ACCOUNTANTS.
    FIFTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE INTERVIEWEES THINK THAT THE
    SCIENTISTS' INCOME IS LOW COMPARED WITH THAT OF OTHER PROFESSIONS.
    AS FOR THE DAMAGE SCIENCE HAS DONE. TO MANKIND, 67.4 PERCENT OF
    THOSE POLLED RANK ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION-AS THE WORST. OTHERS
    INCLUDE THE OVER-EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, THE DEVELOPMENT
    OF WMCNS, AND THE ABUSE OF ADDITIVES IN FOOD PROCESSING.
    THE POLL WAS CONDUCTED ACCORDING TO AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
    METHOD CALLED THE PPS METHOD.
    PROFESSOR ZHANG, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE SURVEY, SAID THE
    RESEARCH CENTER OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE CONDUCTED THE POLL AIMING AT A
    THOROUGH STUDY OF THE PUBLIC ATTITUDE TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
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