In order to cultivate and practice socialist core values, implement Shanghai's Implementation Opinions on Carrying out Citizen Self-cultivation Action to Improve Citizen's Civilization Literacy (2016-2020), and actively build a self-cultivation activity base with regional characteristics, Jinshan District further promoted the Citizen Self-cultivation Action, and the Jinshan District Civilization Office organized the fifth batch of Citizen Self-cultivation Base solicitation and selection activities in Jinshan District. After public voting and expert evaluation, the fifth batch of citizens' self-cultivation bases were selected. The Chemical Engineering and Human Science Popularization Exhibition Hall of Shanghai Petrochemical Academy was honored to be selected. On June 3rd, a commendation and awarding ceremony was held in Jinshan District Education System 2021 Publicity and Ideological Work and Special Education for Teachers' Morality. Lin Guoxin, Party Secretary of Shanghai Petrochemical Academy, accepted the award on behalf of the school.
The Chemical Industry and Human Science Popularization Exhibition Hall of Shanghai Petrochemical Academy was built in November 2018. With the help of advanced multimedia, it shows the origin and development of chemistry discipline, the development process of chemical industry, the important position and scientific and technological achievements of chemical industry in citizens' daily life and cultural life, the development of national cutting-edge science and technology, national defense and military industry, etc., and popularizes public safety protection and emergency skills in the form of experience interaction.
Since its opening, the exhibition hall has received many kinds of visits, carried out professional experience days for teenagers and popular science activities, and achieved good results, which were well received by all sectors of society. After becoming a citizen's self-cultivation base, the exhibition hall will be further opened up, take on the responsibility of educating primary and secondary school students and serving the surrounding residents, stimulate young people's learning and research motivation, popularize chemical knowledge and safety skills, and play an active role in spreading scientific thoughts, carrying forward scientific spirit and improving citizens' scientific literacy.