North and South Dynasties period, the territory has been using cattle farming, boat net fishing, handmade textiles and civil engineering and other technologies are also beginning to level. After the Tang Dynasty built Zhangpu County (county attached to the state), Zhangpu County became the political, military, economic and cultural center of southern Fujian, cultural and scientific undertakings have been greater development. Especially crop cultivation technology to improve faster, other industries have also developed, technicians continue to increase. Song Dynasty, soil, wood, stone, tile structure of the building technology has reached a considerable level, the emergence of Fotan ancient stone bridge, Dakeng Barracks, Suian Wei Hui Temple and a large number of majestic buildings. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the technology of ceramics and jade manufacturing, handmade textiles, folk medicine and other industries in the territory has reached a high level, and a number of outstanding technical talents have emerged. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Zhao Yanheng was able to manufacture timed self-timer bells and compasses with high accuracy. Prosperous overseas trade also contributed to the rapid improvement of coastal shipbuilding technology. Farming, sugar making, wine making and other handicraft workshop techniques also reached a considerable level. From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, there were agricultural reclamation enterprises and modern mechanical sugar, rice milling, flour milling and mechanical power manufacturers as well as the automobile transportation industry, with an increasing number of engineers and technicians recruited from foreign countries and self-taught locally. However, due to the constraints of the private system, the industries are individually owned and operated, coupled with the limited number of scientific and technological personnel, the development of scientific and technological undertakings is slow.
After the founding of New China, the county people's government attached importance to economic construction and the use of scientific and technological talent. Scientific and technological research institutions at all levels were established one after another, and the scientific and technological team grew rapidly. The county in the agricultural production front to establish and improve the four-level agricultural science and technology network, training to create a large number of outstanding agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fisheries, fruit technology experts, to create productive technical experience, so that rural planting, breeding production and economic benefits increased year by year. 1950, the professional and technical departments gradually and systematically organize cadres, workers and old farmers for professional and technical training, to 1965, the county had By 1965, the county had more than 500 scientific and technological personnel. Scientific research activities were very active, promoting the county's economic construction. During the "Cultural Revolution", scientific and technological institutions were paralyzed, but the scientific and technological personnel excluded the interference of the "left", and actively engaged in the front line of production, together with the cadres and masses to carry out scientific planting and basic construction of farmland water conservancy, and constructed more than 100,000 acres of high-yield fields that can sustain droughts and floods and a number of medium- and small-sized reservoirs and aqueducts. After 1978, the government paid more attention and care to science and technology work and scientific and technological personnel, scientific and technological personnel in their respective positions to give full play to their wisdom and talent, and get fruitful. 1988, the county people's government is equipped with science and technology deputy county magistrate, townships (townships) have been equipped with science and technology deputy township (townships), the science and technology team to further strengthen, the rapid development of science and technology. Rapid development of science and technology. By 1989, the county had 5,463 professional and technical personnel distributed in 20 professional series of 377 enterprises and institutions. 1978-1985, the county won 50 scientific and technological achievements; 1985-1989, 80 scientific and technological progress awards. Among them, 4 major provincial and ministerial-level scientific and technological awards, and 17 municipal (local) level scientific and technological progress achievement awards.
In 2008, Zhangpu County actively declared 26 national, provincial and municipal science and technology projects, access to 13 projects, successfully passed the national assessment of scientific and technological progress, won the National Science and Technology Demonstration County.
In 2011, the declaration of national, provincial and municipal science and technology projects 18, complete the provincial and municipal science and technology projects concluded 6. Tang to the end of the Qing Dynasty **** there are 164 civil and military jinshi, there are 579 people in the examination; civil seven military five and above 502 officials. Ming and Qing dynasties **** there are 145 jinshi. During this period, emerged Gao Deng, scout Lin Shi Zhang, the university scholar Huang Daozhou, Cai Xin and the recovery of Taiwan's outstanding generals and outstanding figures of Taiwan's Blue Lee, Blue Tingzhen, Blue Dingyuan, Huang Sex Zhen and a large number of outstanding achievements, far-reaching impact of the political, military, educators. But in the feudal society, the county people by the cultural education rate is extremely low, the county has 97% of the population is illiterate, to 1949 the county illiteracy rate also reached 87.3%. By 1989, there were 34 secondary schools and 304 elementary school in the county, with 94,600 students and 3,659 teaching staff. At the same time, the county actively founded adult, amateur and technical education schools. 1,075 scientific and technological personnel in the county were assessed for senior and intermediate titles in 1989 (of which 70 were senior titles). It is known that there are 134 county (regiment, division) level cadres (another 16 in the Republic of China) working in the field as party, government, military, science and literature; and 94 scientific and technological personnel working in the field with senior technical titles.
In 2008, 3.536 million yuan was invested in the implementation of modern distance education for rural primary and secondary schools, and the Tianfu Tea Vocational and Technical College was officially opened.
In 2011, the implementation of primary and secondary school building reconstruction projects 68, an area of 99,700 square meters. County undergraduate on-line 2805 people, exceeding the city target of 244 people, Zhangpu First High School won the Zhangzhou City, "High School Merit Award". The county has built seven theaters, ***7800 seats, new cultural centers, children's playgrounds, libraries, museums, townships have set up cultural stations. Formed 49 professional troupes and amateur troupes of Xiang Opera, Teochew Opera, puppetry. Zhangpu Xiang Opera Troupe's singing songs were made into records and theater videos sold to Hong Kong, Singapore and other places. Puppet artists such as Prof. Yang Sheng and other artists have led troupes to visit abroad to spread their art. Zhangpu paper-cutting art is famous all over the world, known as "the hometown of paper-cutting".
In 2011, the 425th anniversary of the birth of Huang Daozhou commemorative activities, the completion of the third national census of cultural relics, built a number of townships and townships comprehensive cultural stations and farm bookstores. Before the Qing Guangxu Zhangpu County people to treat diseases are used in the motherland traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine. Qing Guangxu fifteen years (1889) before the introduction of Western medicine. Republic of 26 years (1937) the county began to set up health centers, Republic of 31 years after the establishment of the old town, Fotan, Du Xun, Shihua and other health centers (Institute). Health center equipment is simple, lack of medical personnel. Due to the lack of medicine, health measures are not effective, since the Qing dynasty Guangxu twenty-four years (1898) to the Republic of 37 years, 50 years in the county died of plague *** up to 21,669 people, cholera, smallpox, and other acute and chronic infectious diseases are also often prevalent in the destruction of schistosomiasis, there are 66 villages.
Till 1989, there were 3 county hospitals, 20 township health centers, 25 institutions, enterprises and schools, and 341 administrative village health care stations (rooms), with 1,055 medical personnel*** and an average of 1.4 medical personnel per 1,000 population.
In 2008, 51.44 million yuan was invested in the construction of the county hospital inpatient building, the county CDC complex and other health infrastructure, the county hospital has become one of the first batch of "Warmth in China Action" designated hospitals. The new rural cooperative medical care has 28,000 times the participating farmers received 28.05 million yuan compensation. New urban employment of 7,865 people, laid-off unemployed re-employment of 2,089 people; 17,312 urban and rural residents in difficulty to enjoy the minimum subsistence guarantee.
In 2011, the implementation of the county hospital expansion and relocation of Chinese hospitals and new construction projects to promote the reconstruction and expansion of nine township health centers; improve the new rural cooperative reimbursement compensation standards, expanding the scope of reimbursement of outpatient special diseases, 51,700 people received hospitalization compensation, compensation amounted to 76 million yuan, effectively reducing the burden of the masses to see a doctor. Zhangpu sports activities are many, folk martial arts activities are more active. After the establishment of new China, actively organize and promote national fitness sports. County Sports Committee organized by the plan to carry out various sports competitions, run a good Junior Amateur Sports School. 1987 Zhangpu won the title of provincial sports advanced county in 1988 won the title of National Sports Advanced County. 1950-1989, the county for the provincial sports team to send 24 athletes, there are 2 people 3 3 times to win the world and national champions, and there are 2 2 5 times to break the national record; 57 people 75 times (items) to break the national record; 57 people 75 times (items) to break the national record. 57 people 75 times (items) to break the provincial and municipal sports competition records. In 2008, Zhangpu athletes Xie Limei twice broke the Asian women's triple jump record, Wang Suhong won the national sailing championship.