Before liberation, the people's cultural level was low. Ningde City's primary and secondary school students only accounted for 1.6% of the total population, and fully or semi-illiterates accounted for more than 90% of the total population. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ningde City initially formed a complete system of primary, secondary and higher adult education. By 1992, the city had 4,893 schools of various types, with 32,491 teaching staff, 391 senior teachers, 5,591 intermediate teachers, 22,344 junior teachers, and 550,556 students. Among them, there are 7 colleges and technical schools with 5,500 students enrolled; 38 secondary vocational and technical schools with 10,344 students enrolled; 125 general middle schools with 104,000 students enrolled; 4,338 primary schools with 353,000 students enrolled, and primary school-age children are enrolled. The graduation rate of primary school students reached 99.52, and the graduation and admission rate of primary school students reached 66.8; there were 384 kindergartens with 78,000 children in kindergarten. From the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1977 to 1992, 21,577 freshmen were sent to various secondary vocational schools and 17,659 freshmen to colleges and universities. Among them, more than 300 were admitted to postgraduate degrees, 32 became doctoral students, and 41 were sent by the state to the United States and Japan. , Canada, France and other countries; in terms of adult education, 29,900 people were eliminated from illiteracy in 1992; in terms of vocational education, there are 32 vocational schools with 8,972 students, 7.46 times that of 1981.
In 2012, Ningde City’s general higher education enrolled 3,230 students, with 8,780 students enrolled. Various types of secondary vocational education have enrolled 10,300 students, with 33,200 students and 12,600 graduates. Ordinary high schools have an enrollment of 18,700 students, 63,900 students, and 21,600 graduates. Junior high school enrollment is 26,200, with 78,000 students and 35,500 graduates. The junior high school enrollment rate is 97.61. Ordinary primary schools have an enrollment of 33,100 students, 179,900 students, and 27,600 graduates. The primary school enrollment rate is 99.99. There are 3,076 special education students in school. There are 109,200 children in kindergarten, and the enrollment rate is 94.39, an increase of 3.28 percentage points over the previous year. The city has approved the establishment of 228 private primary and secondary schools and kindergartens. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ningde established a number of scientific research institutions and vigorously carried out scientific research. The Ningde Agricultural Science Institute of Fujian Province and the Tea Research Institute of the Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences have made great achievements in the research and promotion of agricultural science and technology. Remarkable. Especially since 1978, the guiding ideology that science and technology is the primary productive force has been firmly adhered to, and the construction of scientific and technological teams has been strengthened. The vast number of scientific and technological workers have worked hard and actively explored, and have achieved a large number of scientific and technological achievements. According to incomplete statistics, from 1979 to 1992 alone, 327 scientific research projects in Ningde City won awards, including 4 national awards, 48 ??provincial (ministerial) awards, 122 department-level awards, and 153 regional awards. The technological development of edible fungi was included in the national "Spark Plan"; the research on artificial breeding of productive shrimps was successful; the artificial breeding and hatching of large yellow croaker was successful for the first time in China. In 1992, Ningde City had 31,700 professional and technical personnel of various types, including 5,995 intermediate and senior professional and technical personnel, 61 private scientific research institutions, and 21 science and technology demonstration towns. A number of science and technology professional households and demonstration households have emerged, which has effectively promoted advanced industries. The promotion and application of practical technologies in the vast rural areas.
In 2012, Ningde City had 14 new innovative pilot enterprises, bringing the total to 65; and 7 new innovative enterprises, bringing the total to 13. The city's scientific research achievements have won 1 first prize, 4 second prizes, and 5 third prizes of the Provincial Science and Technology Award. The number of enterprise projects and the amount of funding have reached a record high. 67 projects have been approved by the National Innovation Fund. Among them, the "Mindong Small and Medium-sized Motor Innovation Industry Cluster Project" is China's fourth National Innovation Fund industrial cluster support project and 55 projects have been approved; Fujian Two projects, including the Yanan New Energy Fuel Cell Project and fish genetic selection based on whole genome information, were supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology’s “863” program. Fu'an has been recognized as the National Torch Small and Medium Motor Characteristics Industrial Base. The number of intellectual property pilot enterprises and advantageous enterprises increased to 101. There were 1,837 patent applications and 1,047 authorizations in the city, an increase of 91.4 and 64.6 respectively over the previous year.
Throughout the year, 36 companies with 36 products were awarded the title of "Fujian Famous Brand" products, and 21,000 measuring instruments were calibrated free of charge and at half price. By the end of the year, 42 motor companies had obtained 106 3C certifications. Throughout the year, 11 well-known trademarks in China were newly recognized, bringing the total number of well-known trademarks to 22, ranking fourth in the province's districts and cities; 39 new famous trademarks in Fujian Province were added, bringing the total to 175; 68 well-known trademarks were newly recognized in Ningde City, The total number reaches 335 pieces. There were 16 newly approved geographical indication certification trademarks, bringing the city’s total number of geographical indication certification trademarks to 42, continuing to rank at the forefront of China’s districted cities. The total number of registered trademarks in the city reached 11,646. By 1992, Ningde had 313 health institutions of various types, including 132 hospitals, with 5,196 hospital beds. The number of health technicians increased from more than 130 before 1949 to 7,044, including 86 associate chief physicians and above. There are 740 people with intermediate technical positions such as attending physicians and 2,292 physicians. Prefecture and county hospitals have complete departments and complete supporting facilities. The level of medical technology has been significantly improved. Medical equipment has been continuously improved. The people's health level has been significantly improved. The average life expectancy has increased from about 35 years in 1949 to about 68 years.
At the end of 2012, there were 569 health institutions of various types in Ningde City, including 36 hospitals and 106 health centers. At the end of the year, there were 12,402 health technicians, including 4,219 practicing physicians and practicing assistant physicians, and 4,944 registered nurses. At the end of the year, there were 10,893 beds in health institutions, an increase of 1,113 over the previous year. In 1953, the modern drama "The Cook" participated in the third provincial drama performance and was included in the Fujian Volume of Chinese Local Drama Collection; in 1957, 11 programs participated in the provincial folk music and dance performance, including "Tea Basket Dance" and "Wedding Dance" He was selected to be sent to Beijing to participate in the National Folk Music and Dance Performance, which received high praise and was made into a documentary. After 1978, Ningde City *** has created more than 6,000 literary works of various genres. The photographic work "Morning and Dusk Green Love" is the only work in Fujian Province to participate in the Fifth International Photography Exhibition; the prose "Song of Spring", The propaganda poster "We Think About Tomorrow", the novel "The Forever Popular" and some epigraphic works won national awards; three special collections including the novel collection "March Qingming" were published by Fujian People's Publishing House; the essay "Remember This Rain" won the award It was later translated into English and French for publication and distribution. ***More than 20 authors have won national and provincial literary awards for their works, more than 50 scripts have won provincial and local script creation awards, and more than 200 actors have won outstanding performance awards. The culture and art of the She people in eastern Fujian and the Beilu Opera have been explored and developed from the situation of being on the verge of extinction before 1949. Folk song performances such as "It's Hard to Welcome the Relative Uncle", "Happy Harvest", folk opera "Golden Rooster" and other programs have participated in national and provincial ethnic minority folk performances. The cultural, musical and dance performances received high praise. In 1992, Ningde City's village coverage rate reached 77.2; there were 276 television transmitting and rebroadcasting stations, 177 satellite TV ground stations, and 8 cable TV stations. The TV population coverage rate reached 78.9.
In 2012, Ningde was shortlisted as one of the top 200 charming cities with Chinese characteristics. By the end of the year, Ningde City had 8 various art performance groups, 6 theaters and cinemas, 1 mass art center, 9 cultural centers, 10 public libraries, and 11 museums. At the end of the year, there was 1 radio station (municipal level), 4 medium-wave radio relay stations, 11 FM radio transmitting stations, and 9 radio programs; 1 TV station (municipal level), 3 TV programs, and 10 TV transmitting and relay stations; There are 391,300 cable TV users in the city, and the total length of cable radio and television network trunk lines is 10,268 kilometers. The city has 14 national-level intangible cultural heritage items and 14 representative inheritors of national-level intangible cultural heritage items, ranking third and second among all districts and cities in the province respectively. As of 2011, there are 196 kilometers of railways, including 146 kilometers of Wenfu Railway and 50 kilometers of Waifu Railway. The "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" will focus on promoting the construction of the "three vertical and five horizontal" railway network, with a planned mileage of 783 kilometers.
The "three verticals" are the Ningde section of the Wenzhou-Fuzhou Railway (146 kilometers), the Ningde section of the Ningde-Zhangzhou high-speed railway (about 150 kilometers), and the Ningde section of the coastal freight railway (about 150 kilometers); the "five horizontal lines" are the Ningde section of the Zhejiang Quzhou-Ningde railway section (about 105 kilometers), Hefei to Fuzhou high-speed railway Ningde section (about 20 kilometers), Ningde to Gutian (Nanping) railway Ningde section (about 102 kilometers), Ningde to Zhejiang Lishui railway Ningde section (about 60 kilometers), Ningde to Lishui railway Ningde section of Jiangxi Shangrao Railway (about 50 kilometers).
On June 28, 2015, the Hefu-Fuzhou High-speed Railway was opened to traffic and passed through Gutian North Station in Ningde City. Gutian North Station is located in Yangshang Village, Huangtian Town, Gutian County, about 14 kilometers away from the county seat. It is the only station where the Hefu-Fuzhou High-speed Railway passes through Ningde City. As of 2011, the mileage open to traffic was 9,644 kilometers, the graded highways were 8,793 kilometers, accounting for 91.18% of the total mileage open to traffic, and the road network density was 71.7 kilometers/100 square kilometers. Among them, there are 193.1 kilometers of expressways, 549 kilometers of second-class highways, 468 kilometers of third-class highways, 7583 kilometers of fourth-class highways, and 851 kilometers of first-class highways. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, we will focus on promoting the construction of the "three vertical, four horizontal and three connected" highway network, with a planned mileage of 840 kilometers. Among them, the "three verticals": Ningde section of Shenhai Expressway (163 kilometers), double-track Ningde section of Shenhai Expressway (about 171 kilometers), Shouning-Zhouning-Pingnan-Gutian Expressway (about 127 kilometers); "Four Horizontal": Fu'an to Shouning Expressway (approximately 58 kilometers), Ningde to Wuyishan Expressway Ningde Section (approximately 92 kilometers), Ningde Cheng'ao to Gutian Expressway (approximately 106 kilometers), Beijing-Taiwan Expressway Ningde Section (approximately 92 kilometers) 40 kilometers); "Three Links": Xinan Shugang Branch Expressway (17 kilometers), Shuimen Airport Expressway Connection Line (about 11 kilometers), Xiapu Chengguan to Dongchong Expressway (about 55 kilometers).
As of 2012, the highway mileage was 10,083 kilometers, including 9,247 kilometers of grade roads and 227.8 kilometers of expressways.