技术评估是预测科学技术的发展并在社会经济发展的决策中提供参考的咨询工作。它是一个专门的知识系统,一项社会技术,其职能是专门收集与技术发展有关的(经济,环境、社会等项)资料,调查过去、现在并预测未来的发展趋势,从中分析出有利的和不利的各种因素及其对政策发生的作用,以提供决策者选择优化方案。这是一项有系统、有组织的活动,其直接对象就是现在和未来的技术和技术政策,重点是技术对社会的影响。 Technical assessment is a consulting work that predicts the development of science and technology and provides reference in the decision-making of socio-economic development. It is a specialized knowledge system, a social technology whose function is to collect information related to technological development (economic, environmental, social, etc.), to investigate past, present and future trends and to analyze favorable And unfavorable factors and their effects on policy to provide decision-makers to choose the optimal solution. This is a systematic and organized activity. Its immediate target is the present and future technical and technological policies, with a focus on the impact of technology on society.