Science and Technology Daily is the most authoritative newspaper in China's science and technology area. It releases news on governmental policies in China's science and technology area and introduces the most current technology innovation. Its primary readership covers local and foreign investment enterprises, science & technology research institutes, decision makers in governmental agencies, and young professionals.

The newspaper is jointly sponsored by the former China National Scientific and Technological Commission, Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense, China Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the China Association for Science & Technology. And, it is now run by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

As the mouthpiece of the Party and the government in the field of science and technology, the newspaper gives publicity to their guidelines and policies on science and technology, brings to readers the latest news in this field at home and abroad.

Science and Technology Daily is the only national-level science and technology newspaper in China and the world as well. It also runs the supplement paper Science and Technology Digest and the magazine Popular Science Cartoon Artist.

The newspaper got online in May 1997 and the Web edition also publishes ads from advertising clients of the newspaper. Science and Technology Daily has reporter stations in nearly all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities nationwide, and countries like the United States, Britain, France, German, Russia, Japan and Brazil, and the United Nation as well.