1980年10月6日至11日在北京举行了科学技术史学术会议暨中国科学技术史学会成立大会。来自全国18个省市自治区的150多个单位的科学史家和科学史工作者270多人出席了会议,共收到论文240多篇。这是科学史界一次规模空前的盛会。会上正式成立了中国科学技术史学会,并用无记名投票方式选举产生了理事会,中国科学技术大学副校长钱临照被选为理事长,中国科学院自然科学史研究所负责人仓孝和、 From October 6 to October 11, 1980, a scientific conference on history of science and technology and a founding conference for the history of science and technology of China were held in Beijing. More than 270 scientific historians and 150 scientific historians from over 150 units in 18 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities attended the conference and received over 240 theses. This is an unprecedented event in the history of science. At the meeting, the Chinese Society of History of Science and Technology was formally established and elected by secret ballot. The council elected Qian Linzhao, vice president of China University of Science and Technology, as chairman of the board of directors, and Kuang Xiaowei, head of the Institute of Natural History of Chinese Academy of Sciences,