The International Union for Science and Technology Communication(IUSTC) is the first platform with the mission of “international dissemination for science and technology” initiated by Science and Technology Daily in 2018. 

Its establishment aims at improving the efficiency of sci-tech information dissemination, promoting global sci-tech communication and cooperation, and severing as an unified platform for the global release and exchange of the latest sci-tech news. In addition, the IUSTC members will also use their media responsibility to promote international cooperation in the field of science, technology and innovation.

Up until now, 12 worldwide member units have joined the union,covering the mainstream media, science and technology think tanks and international organizations in the US, UK, Japan and some “Belt and Road”countries such as Russia, Israel, South Korea, South Africa, Ukraine and Laos, etc. Specifically, it includes Sputnik, PRNewswire, Clarivate Analytics, Japan Science and Technology Agency,JoongAng Ilbo, Uryadovy Kuryer, South Africa Agency for Science and Technology Advancement,Vientiane Times, and International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, OCTA Innovations and the Russian House of International Scientific and Technical Cooperation Association (RH ISTC Association) etc.

The daily working mechanism of the union is as follows:

1. The internationalized dissemination of manuscript: exchanging the manuscripts (mainly in Chinese and English) online every week.

2. The sci-tech innovation communication projects: Carrying out some offline events such as joint interviews, forums and exhibitions with foreign member units.

In the future,under the premise of all IUSTC members should fully respect to each others’ editing independence, the IUSTC will sincerely keep inviting world well-know news media, think tanks and organizations to join the union.

“国际科技传播联盟”（IUSTC，以下简称联盟）是由科技日报社于2018年率先发起的首家以“科技国际化传播”为使命的平台。其成立的目的旨在提升媒体科技资讯传播效率，推动全球科技创新交流与合作，构建全球最新科技资讯的交流与发布平台，为促进国际科技创新合作贡献媒体应尽的责任。

目前，联盟有12家会员单位，包括俄罗斯卫星通讯社，美国美通社，科睿唯安，日本科技振兴机构，韩国《中央日报》、乌克兰《政府信使报》、南非科学技术促进局、老挝《万象时报》，国际遗传工程与生物中心，牛津-八分量数字经济实验室以及俄罗斯之家国际科技合作协会等国际主流媒体、科技智库和国际组织，覆盖美国、英国、日本，和俄罗斯、以色列、韩国、南非、乌克兰、老挝等“一带一路”沿线国家。

联盟日常工作机制在于：一是“稿件国际化传播”，每周开展线上稿件互换（以中、英文稿件为主）；二是“科技创新交流项目”，与外媒会员开展包括联合采访、参办论坛和会议等线下活动。

联盟在充分尊重各会员单位新闻采编和资讯发布独立性的前提下，诚邀全球知名科技新闻机构、科技智库加入。