Science, Education, Culture and Health

   Taiyuan City is the centre of science research, education, culture and heath in Shanxi Province. It has professional technicians of 277400 and 107 independent institutes of science research, with staff members of 12000. It has a strong force in development and research of energy, heavy and chemical industrial products. Now, it has 27 institutions of higher learning, with enrollment of 121700 students, 49 vocational and technical schools, with enrollment of 91900 students, and 244 regular secondary schools, with enrollment of 198400 students. All these schools and colleges have trained a great number of talents for social and economic development in Taiyuan.

   Taiyuan has 16 art performance troupes, 12 mass art and cultural centers, 2 museums, 10 public libraries with total reserves of 3. 302 million books, 19 file centers with file information of 1.709 million volumes, 2 broadcasting stations, 2 television stations. The coverage rate of broadcasting stands at 98.2 per cent of the total population. The coverage rate of television stands at 97.5 per cent of the total population. It has 2014 medicine institutes with 21000 beds and 26700 professional health care technicians. It has 400 sport operation units and 29 sport and physical associations. The whole development of science, education, culture, health and sport constantly comes up with the growing need of urban residents for materials and cultures.