太平洋战争爆发后,中国与英、美等国结为战时盟国,共同对日作战。在英、美等国对中国进行的战时文化援助中,英国近代著名的生物化学家和科学技术史专家李约瑟博士在重庆主持的“中英科学合作馆”最为引为注目。李约瑟及其所领导的中英科学合作馆在重庆的三年期间,成为战时中英科技界密切联系的主要桥梁之一,也是在当时中国与外界隔绝的情况下,中国科学界了解世界,世界学人认识中国的主要窗口。 After the outbreak of the Pacific War, China and Britain, the United States and other countries became wartime allies and jointly fought against Japan. In the wartime cultural aid to China conducted by Britain, the United States and other countries, Dr. Needham, a well-known British biochemist and science and technology historian, paid the most attention to the “Sino-British Science Cooperation Pavilion” chaired by Chongqing. Needham and the Sino-British Museum of Science and Technology under his leadership became one of the major bridges in the Sino-British scientific and technological circle in wartime during the three years in Chongqing. At the time, China was isolated from the rest of the world and the Chinese scientific community understood the world. Scholars in the world know China's main window.