The 13th Five Year Plan period is a critical period for the modernization of China’s system and capacity of governance and economic & social development. It is also an important juncture for the construction of national science popularization capacity to a new level. At the beginning of the 14th five year plan，this report reviews the development trend of the overall national science popularization capacity and key indicators during the 13th Five Year Plan period，investigates the major achievements of the national science popularization capacity-building，summarizes effective experience，and has an insight into the shortcomings and limitations of the national science popularization capacity-building. Based on the new development stage and the requirements of high-quality development，implement the latest instructions of the CPC Central Committee and the spirit of the outline of the national action plan for scientific quality（2021-2035），and put forward relevant suggestions for the innovative development of popular science ability during the 14th Five Year Plan Period：1.thoroughly implement the ideology and principles of the outline of the national action plan for scientific quality（2021-2035）；2.give prominence to the role of high-quality science popularization capacity-building in the overall situation of high-quality development；3.focus on promoting the informatization upgrading of science popularization capacity-building；4.promote the standardization project of science popularization capacity-building.