During the Republic of China, there were more than 20 large and small market towns (fairs) in Pinghe County. Among them, Jiu Feng, Shan Ge, Nansheng, Banzai, Daxi and Luxi towns adjacent to other counties are earlier and larger in scale. After liberation, the small towns of Xiaping and Puping were abandoned as villages one after another. 1985, Guoqiang Wei was founded. By 1988, there are 17 market towns in the county. Except Shuangxi, Daping, Xiaoping and Xinwei (Houshi), all the other 13 market towns are the seat of the township government. Great changes have taken place in the face of market towns. Most of the original narrow cobblestone streets have been transformed into wide concrete streets. On both sides of the street, modern buildings of three to five storeys have replaced low and dilapidated bungalows and two-story buildings; Electric lights have replaced kerosene lamps. The construction of various public welfare undertakings has developed rapidly. There are 27 primary and secondary schools under construction, hospitals, health centers 13, theaters 1 1, post offices 13 and bus stations 13. Every market town has department stores, shops, restaurants and so on. All the markets are rebuilt or newly built.

In 2008, the rural production and living conditions in Pinghe County were effectively improved. Comprehensive agricultural development projects covering five towns, including Shan Ge and Luxi, passed provincial acceptance, soil testing and formula fertilization were comprehensively promoted, and the construction of 1 10,000 rural household biogas digesters was successfully completed. The "Six Thousand" Water Conservancy completed the drinking water project in Changting and other administrative villages 10, the reinforcement of four reservoirs and the control of soil erosion in Xiazhai area of Huashan River Basin, and built 80 mountain reservoirs. Completed the construction of 15 automatic meteorological observation station in towns and industrial parks. The provincial highway Xiu Xiu-Jiu Feng-Xiufeng runs through the whole line, and the transformation of Wuzhai-Zhangpu (Guanyin Pavilion) and Shuyang-Luxi sections of Laoxiandao Mountain Line has been completed. The cement pavement 18km of the nine major lines, with an investment of 5 1 10,000 yuan, has all been completed. The investment in agricultural highway construction is10.26 billion yuan, and 203 kilometers of rural cement roads have been built. The road hardening rate of administrative villages in the county is over 99%. The new rural construction, focusing on two municipal demonstration villages, namely, Wenfeng Sanping and Banzai Baonan, and Shan Ge Bailou 19 renovation villages, has invested a total of 2 10/00000 yuan for production development, environmental sanitation renovation and infrastructure construction, and 45 villages in 4 towns have passed the provincial acceptance. In terms of rural informatization construction, two villages, Sanping and Baonan, have completed optical fiber laying, and 52 villages have realized broadband access. During the Republic of China, Pinghe was backward in science and technology, and there were no professional research institutions. The Agricultural Technology Extension Institute was established in 25 years. After liberation, the cause of peaceful science and technology has been developing day by day. By the 1960s, agricultural science and technology organizations in counties, cooperatives, brigades and production teams were generally established, forming a "four-level agricultural network"; Scientific research institutions in various departments have been established one after another. Although influenced by the "Left" ideology, it has made gratifying achievements in popularizing scientific knowledge, breaking feudal superstitions, popularizing advanced technology, using semi-mechanization, mechanized equipment and scientific experiments. 1978 Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, a large number of scientific and technological talents and advanced technologies have been introduced, and scientific and technological consultation and academic exchanges have been extensively carried out. The number of scientific research projects is increasing year by year, and scientific research achievements are constantly emerging, which has promoted peaceful economic development and social progress. By 1988, there were 3 professional scientific research institutions 13 and 4,438 professional and technical cadres in the county. From 1978 to 1988, 34 scientific research projects were completed. Three of them won provincial science and technology achievement awards, and 13 won city (prefecture) science and technology achievement awards.

In 2008, Pinghe County organized the application of provincial and municipal science and technology projects 10, and built two macroscopic earthquake observation reporting points. Pinghe is located at the junction of Fujian and Guangdong, where Chaoshan culture meets Minnan culture. It has been called "the hometown of string songs" since ancient times. Folk music, dance, calligraphy and painting are quite popular. Scholars of all ages have come forth in large numbers. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), cultural facilities in urban and rural areas have been improved day by day, traditional culture and art have been inherited and carried forward, and mass cultural and recreational activities have become more colorful. 1950 began to show audio movies. Cable broadcasting began in 1953, and television began in the 1980s. Mass culture, book distribution, film screening, cable broadcasting, television broadcasting and other three-level cultural networks have basically taken shape, and cultural life has become an important part of the daily life of urban and rural people.

In 2008, the renovation and expansion of Jiu Feng, Xiazhai and Banzai Comprehensive Cultural Stations were completed, and the project of "2 13 1" movies entering the countryside was fully launched. Pinghe sports has a long history, and traditional sports activities with national colors such as martial arts, dragon dance, lion dance, swimming, chess and tug-of-war have been widely circulated among the people for a long time. At the beginning of the 20th century, modern western competitive sports such as gymnastics, ball games and track and field were introduced one after another. But before liberation, these movements developed slowly.

After liberation, mass sports activities were widely carried out in Pinghe urban and rural areas. From 1950 to 1988, 65 county-wide sports competitions were held, and 65,438+10,000 people reached the national physical exercise standards. The competitive level is improving day by day. From 1978 to 1 1 in 1988, the county's athletes won 24 gold medals in national, provincial and municipal competitions. Especially in the 1980s, sports activities became more active, and a new situation emerged in which sports went to families and penetrated into all fields of society. Sports activities have gradually become an indispensable part of people's daily life.

In 2008, a water sports center, five township basketball courts and fitness paths were built. Peace has a fine tradition of respecting learning and teaching, respecting teachers and respecting morality, and talented people come forth in large numbers and are passed down from generation to generation. Since the opening of Zhangjianzhou in Chen Yuanguang in the Tang Dynasty, private schools and academies have been established in various places. Zhu, Huang Daozhou, Chen Yangmei and other celebrities with lofty ideals have studied and given lectures in Daxi and other places. From the establishment of Pinghe County to the abolition of the imperial examination in the 31st year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1905), there were more than 60 (known) scholars in Pinghe County (including the champion 1 and the runner-up 65438), with more than 290 candidates.

In the first year of the Republic of China, the first primary school in Pinghe County was founded. In 8 years, the county junior high school was founded. In 33 years, 1 complete middle school was established. By 37 years of the Republic of China, there were 24 primary schools 124 schools and 4 middle schools in the county, with more than 400 teaching staff. However, under the semi-colonial and semi-feudal system, the children of working people lost the opportunity to go to school, and illiteracy increased day by day. In 32 years, the illiteracy rate was 74.8%.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the county government put education on the important agenda, vigorously set up schools, and improved the cultural level of the people in the county. In the past 40 years, education in Pinghe County has experienced three stages of development. 1949 to 1956, strive to transform old schools, steadily develop primary and secondary schools, attach importance to education in mountainous areas, recruit children of workers and peasants, run large-scale private evening schools, and eliminate illiteracy. From 1957 to 1976, under the influence of "Left", the anti-right struggle expanded and the teaching staff weakened; During the Great Leap Forward, the scale of primary and secondary schools developed too fast; In the difficult period of three years, the funds for running schools are in short supply; During the Cultural Revolution, school management was chaotic, teaching order was disrupted, teachers were impacted to varying degrees, students took part in too much manual labor, and the scale of running schools was expanded again, which was out of objective carrying capacity. The quality of teaching and education has declined again, and the illiteracy rate has increased. During this period, the county's education has made tortuous progress in constantly eliminating the "Left" influence. After 1977 to 1988 set things right, adjust the school layout, raise funds to build schools, improve school conditions, comprehensively improve the quality of education and teaching, and vigorously eliminate illiteracy. 1985 has achieved universal primary education. By 1988, there are 160 kindergartens and 2 19 classes in the county. 388 primary schools with 2230 classes; 22 middle schools with 397 classes; There are 2 vocational middle schools with 22 classes (including vocational classes in ordinary middle schools). The total number of teachers is 504 1. From 1977 to 1988, 4,892 high and junior high school graduates were admitted to junior colleges and technical secondary schools.

In 2008, education passed the supervision and evaluation of the provincial government, and 933 undergraduates were admitted to the college entrance examination, a record high. Accelerate the adjustment of the layout of primary and secondary schools, set up the third experimental primary school directly under the county, and merge Daping junior high school into Pinghe No.3 Middle School; Invested more than 20 million yuan in rural primary schools to carry out the "campus cleaning special action", and the campus has taken on a new look; 9.38 million yuan was allocated for "two exemptions and one subsidy", and the distance education project was successfully implemented. Pinghe traditional Chinese medicine has a long history. After Xiaoxi Salvation Hospital was founded in the 13th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1887), Western medicine began to spread to peace. In 26 years, the county hospital was established. Around the Republic of China, the vast rural areas were short of doctors and medicines, neglected health and epidemic prevention work, and various infectious diseases and endemic diseases raged, seriously endangering people's health.

After liberation, the people's government of Pinghe County Committee of the Communist Party of China attached importance to the development of medical and health undertakings. 1950 establish people's hospitals and carry out vaccination and planned immunization in urban and rural areas. 195 1 year, promoting new delivery methods. 1953 set up a maternal and child health care station. 1956 professional epidemic prevention institutions were established. 1958 set up township hospitals and set up patriotic health campaign committee. 1969 established a village-level cooperative medical station. Since then, the county, township and village medical and health networks have been gradually improved and developed. By 1988, there are 43 hospitals, health centers and clinics in the county, 43 village-level medical outlets and 3,253 medical staff. Hospital beds increased from 12 in 1952 to 422 in 1988. Medical and health institutions at all levels actively implement the policy of "prevention first", carry out patriotic health campaigns and eliminate diseases, and tap and use folk Chinese herbal medicine formulas and secret recipes. The situation of lack of medical care and medicine in rural areas has changed greatly, the incidence of various diseases has dropped sharply, and some infectious diseases and endemic diseases that endanger people's health have been effectively controlled.

In 2008, the upgrading project of key hospitals was solidly promoted, and the main projects of Xiazhai and Xiufeng hospitals were completed; The work of the new rural cooperative medical system was carried out smoothly, and 382,000 people participated in the basic medical insurance, accounting for 76.8% of the people who should participate, and 0/00% of the administrative villages in the county participated.