Culture, Education, Science and Technology There were more than 20 private schools in Qing Dynasty. After 1930, private schools were transformed into primary schools to develop new education. 193 1 Establish 8 primary schools with 9 teachers and 320 students. 1949, there are 4 senior primary schools and 8 junior primary schools with 39 teachers and more than 400 students. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), education has developed unprecedentedly, and preschool education, general education and adult education are in full swing. 1960 established the sixth middle school, 1965 changed to the fifth middle school and established the senior middle school. 198 1, high school revoked. In 1 982 * *, there were 24 primary schools, 2 middle schools and1public middle schools, with 2488 students and 146 teaching staff. In the 1980s, all the school buildings in the town reached provincial standards. In the 1990s, the town invested 6.48 million yuan to build modern teaching buildings for primary and secondary schools, and 600,000 yuan to purchase advanced teaching equipment. In 2000, there were 65,438+0 standardized junior middle schools, 2 municipal central primary schools and 65,438+0 vocational middle schools with 3,223 students and 230 teachers. The enrollment rate, consolidation rate, teaching quality and teaching facilities of students have all reached the provincial standards. In 2000, it was rated as a demonstration unit of audio-visual teaching in Weihai.

In 2000, there were 362 scientific and technological talents in the town. Since 1980, more than 100 scientific and technological achievements have been made. A large number of scientific and technological achievements such as apple high-yield technology, solar energy utilization technology and woodworking machine tool development have been put into production and application, providing a strong scientific and technological guarantee for economic development. In the 1990s, the town took the research, application and popularization of science and technology as the main driving force for the development of local economy, invested a lot of money in scientific research and popularization, introduced a large number of high-tech talents into the front line of economic production, improved management and production methods by means of informationization and technicalization, increased the scientific and technological content in the development economy, and injected a strong impetus into the sustainable development of the economy. In 2000, it was named as "Weihai Science Popularization Demonstration Town".

Hot spring town has a long history, and the broad masses of working people have created splendid culture in social practice. As early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were theaters and stages in Jiangjiazhai and Wenquan Hall in Wenquan Town, and cultural activities such as Peking Opera, Shandong Opera and Yangko were active among the masses. Since the Republic of China, folk troupes such as Hot Springs Hall, Xiaozhuang and Luanjiadian have been built, and they often perform in the countryside during the slack season. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), people's cultural life has been enriched. 1962, Wenquan commune set up a film projection team, and each village has a performance team and a film team, equipped with theater boxes, projectors and other equipment. 1958 Xinhua Bookstore was established in Wenquan, and a reading room was added in the countryside in 1980s. By 2000, the town had established seven standardized libraries with more than 4,000 books. 1959 set up a radio station and launched cable broadcasting. 1990 Set up satellite receiving equipment for cable TV relay. 1995 More than 30 kilometers of optical cables were laid, and 100 kilometers of cables were used to open cable TV programs. The penetration rate of cable TV in the town is over 95%, and it can transmit 2 1 program. In addition, cultural activities such as calligraphy, painting, paper cutting, seal cutting and photography are also deeply loved by the masses.

The medical institution in Wenquan Town was established in 1904 (30th year of Guangxu reign). During the lease of Ahava by force, Britain established the British People's Hospital and set up branches in hot springs. At that time, there were only two beds in the hospital, 1 doctor, only a few patients were treated every day, only a few foreigners were served, and ordinary people were not treated when they were sick. 1945 Wenquantang Village Zhou and others spontaneously organized the establishment of Wenquan Aimin Medicine Society, which has three rooms, mainly Chinese herbal medicines, and cannot be operated. 1946, Yao Weishun of hebei village established Hot Spring East Asia Pharmacy, 3 medical staff and western medicines such as penicillin. Hot spring health center was established in 1958, with 8 medical staff. In the 1960s, there were 58 barefoot doctors in every village. 1978 Hospital covers an area of 1200m2, with 36 beds and 42 medical staff. 1998 A standardized hospital covering an area of 8,200 square meters and a building area of 3,600 square meters was built, with 40 beds, 52 medical staff, 2 central clinics, 0/2 rural clinics and 8 rural doctors. In 2000, there were 265,438 outpatients and 503 inpatients. The town hospital has advanced medical equipment such as ambulance, Aloka SSC-370B ultrasonic machine, and 20 functional departments such as internal, external, skin and oral, which can treat and prevent various diseases. 1997 was awarded as "advanced collective of infectious disease prevention and control in weihai city" and "baby-friendly health center" by the provincial health department in 2000.

Various sports activities in China are very active, and township enterprises have built sports facilities such as gymnasiums and cultural activity rooms. Since 1995, the town has invested more than 600,000 yuan in the construction of sports facilities, including 28 sports facilities with an area of more than 22,000 square meters, 3 sports organizations 13 and 9 sports teams. Excellent achievements have been made in sports work dominated by competitive sports. Mass sports activities are widely carried out. Mass sports activities with aerobics, yangko and Tai Ji Chuan as the main contents are unprecedentedly active. Every year, people who participate in sports activities in the town account for more than 85% of the population. It has been commended as "advanced township of sports work in Shandong Province" and "advanced unit of sports work in Weihai City".

Town and village construction Before the 1980s, there was no overall planning for the construction of Wenquan Town. Since the end of 1980s, the town has invested 560 million yuan to build more than 20 town and village roads, with a length of 36 kilometers and hardened pavement of 950,000 square meters, forming a "three vertical and two horizontal" road traffic network, which makes the access rate of all villages in the town reach 100%. The implementation of the "five-oriented project" (hardening, greening, beautification, purification and lighting) in the whole town has made the whole town look brand-new, and it has been rated as "a new township for the construction of small towns in the whole province". In 2000, Wenquan Town was identified as the first batch of "Central Town of Shandong Province". Around this goal, a tap water project with a daily water supply of 5,000 cubic meters was built, a 2×5000 KVA double reflux substation was built, and a program-controlled communication building with an installed capacity of 5,000 doors was built. Invest 43 million yuan to build a residential building area of 306,000 square meters, and invest/kloc-0.04 million yuan to build various public buildings. In order to beautify the environment and improve the water source, in 2000, an investment of180,000 yuan was made to comprehensively improve the Wuzhu River and build public facilities such as parks and green belts. In addition, the town is equipped with 277 street lamps, and the built public green area is 4. 1 hectare, with a green coverage rate of 36%. In order to speed up economic development, Wenquan Town takes the construction and development concept of "increasing innovation advantages and optimizing the environment". Since 1993, Weihai Korea Industrial Park has been built with a total area of 120 hectares. At present, a 33-hectare start-up area has been built, 63 foreign-funded enterprises have been introduced, and the accumulated utilization of foreign capital is10.30 billion yuan. In order to cooperate with economic development, a commercial community covering an area of 10 hectare and a 2 km long commercial street have been built. At present, there are 120 households, 765 individual industrial and commercial households and 4,200 employees engaged in catering, department stores, clothing, food processing and other industries. A semi-closed market covering an area of 4 hectares will be built, with a daily transaction volume of 6.5438+0.3 million yuan. In 200 1 year, Wenquan Town was listed as "National Model Town for Small Town Construction and Comprehensive Economic Development" by the State Planning Commission, and became one of the only five model towns in Shandong Province.