Literature, education and technology Before 1904, there were more than 70 private schools with more than 1,300 students. In 1904, there were more than 70 private schools and 1,300 students in the town. In that year, the town started to set up 6 elementary school and 1 middle school, which were run by the church and the government. 1912 saw the restriction of the private schools and the development of the new education, and by 1949, there were 50 elementary school and 2 middle schools with 2,104 students, and the enrollment rate of the school-age children was 53.9%. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, education has developed rapidly, with early childhood education, general education and adult education in full swing. From the early 70s to the mid-90s, on the basis of consolidating and perfecting elementary school, 9 middle schools of various kinds were developed. From the late 80's to 2000, the town invested more than 20 million yuan to build a high standard public middle school which can accommodate all the middle school students in the town, and built a party school. 2000, there were 27 elementary school in the town, with 4,138 students enrolled, and 1 middle school, with 2,408 students enrolled, the enrollment and consolidation rate of the students as well as the facilities of the school reached the provincial standard. Dongguan Village invested more than 7 million yuan to set up the Huanxiu experimental kindergarten, was named by the Ministry of Education as "bilingual experimental kindergarten.
In 2000, the town **** there are 2,568 scientific and technological personnel, since 1981, each year to undertake more than 20 scientific research projects, more than 89% through the national acceptance. One person was awarded by the Central Committee of the "scientific and technological spark leader" title, one person was elected to the fourth National Association of Science and Technology representatives, and was awarded the "Spirit of China" medal. Pingyin Township has also been awarded the honorary title of "China's Advanced Township for Science and Technology Popularization" and "National Advanced Township for Science and Technology Promotion".
Pingyin Town has a long history, and for thousands of years, the working people have enriched and developed their own culture in social practice. Folk arts such as dance, drama, calligraphy, painting, carving, martial arts and so on have been passed on from generation to generation. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, mass culture became more active and prosperous. In 1956, the cultural hall was established, in 1958, the broadcasting station was built, in 1969, the cinema team was built, and since 1998, the "five-star civilized family" creation activity has been carried out. The town village completed the construction of thousands of bookshelf project, closed-circuit television network integration, the people's lives in the material needs of the basis of the basic realization of knowledge, science and modernization.
Before the founding of the country, the territory of poor medical conditions, only more than 20 Chinese medicine practitioners, and a few traditional Chinese medicine stores. 1951 to 1960, the period, one after another, the establishment of the Association of Health Workers, the Dalian clinic and Chengguan health centers, the health staff and medical equipment has increased and improved. the end of the sixties, the villages set up a health office with barefoot doctors, the implementation of the cooperative medical system, the village doctor and the health worker increased to 138. health workers increased to 138, in September 1999, the town to the county hospital of traditional Chinese medicine as the center of the town of more than 80 health room reform, the establishment of community services as the main content of the medical network of 16, not only strengthened the medical facilities, the management of drugs, but also improve the quality of medical staff, so that the town's medical services in the county in the forefront, and through the provincial, municipal and county levels of inspection and The town's medical services are in the forefront of the county and have passed provincial, municipal and county inspections.
People's lives Before the founding of the State, the masses lived a life of hunger and cold, the annual per capita food 60 kilograms, economic income of about 30 yuan. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the recovery and development of the economy, the living standards of peasants continue to improve, to the mid-80s, the farmers began to live from the original leaves, dried groundnuts, corn as staple food, to wheat-based fine grains, followed by chickens, ducks, fish, meat, eggs, milk have been enriched; dress, from the past, the clothes can cover the body, green, blue and white, to colorful, novel style transition, and gradually to the high-grade Development. By the end of 2000, more than 60% of the farmers in the town had built masonry cottage houses, more than 11% of the farmers lived in two-story buildings, and more than 14% of the farmers had realized suite houses with stone foundation and floor boards, and the per capita occupancy of the housing area was 30 square meters. The total number of installed telephones accounts for 78.3% of the farmers, the penetration rate of closed-circuit TV accounts for 86.7%, the ownership of motorcycles, tricycles, tractors and agricultural tricycles accounts for 49.8% of the farmers, and the whole town has fully realized the "five links" of water, electricity, roads, telephones and closed-circuit TVs. 60% of the farmers who are over 60 years of age enjoy pension insurance, and each of them enjoys pension insurance every month. More than 60% of the farmers over 60 years old are entitled to old-age insurance, and at the same time, each of them enjoys a monthly living allowance of 10-30 yuan. Since 1996, the town has been awarded the honorary title of "National Outstanding Elderly Home" and "Provincial Model Elderly Home", 66 widows and orphans spend their twilight years here. 2000, the per capita net income of farmers 3200 yuan.
Town and village construction With the "county development, I want to develop the county fast development" principle of development, Pingyin town based on the advantages of the county town, from the internal live economy, expanding the market from the strategic height, the development of suburban agriculture, service county life. In June 1995, the realization of a hundred miles of township roads and 105, 220 State Road network. From 1995 to the end of 2000, the widening, transformation, extension of the city road 10, forming a 5 vertical and 5 horizontal construction pattern, the county expanded the area of nearly 1 times. 1996, around the old city renovation, will be the East Gate, South Gate, Southeast Gully, such as urban areas of 650 households of the old residential demolition and transformation of two-storey residential housing, an area of 58,000 square meters. *** build the Yellow River, Huanxiu, Jinshui River and other commercial streets 6, the construction of the provincial standard Huanxiu neighborhood 1. Pingyin Township has been named "the province's security work advanced town" "Jinan City, two advanced units of civilization construction".