Since the reform and opening up, especially in recent years, various social undertakings in Meishan have maintained a healthy and rapid development momentum, with two relatively complete education systems, namely, Guangqian Xuecun and Lanyuan Xuecun, including Guoguang Middle School, Lanyuan High School, Guoguang No.2 Middle School, Guoguang Junior High School, Lanyuan Middle School, provincial demonstration primary schools, ethnic middle schools, provincial rural demonstration primary schools, ethnic middle schools, Lanyuan Central Primary School and Liutang Central Primary School. The first kindergarten of provincial quality kindergarten, the second kindergarten of provincial standard park, Quanzhou Meishan Engineering School, Nan 'an Industrial School, Fujian Meishan Experimental College and provincial (ministerial) key middle schools have become the first strong education town in Nan 'an. It has a large number of cultural and health facilities such as Li Chengzhi Public Library, Nan 'an Art Museum, Painting Academy and Guangqian Hospital, and has been identified as a provincial-level science and technology demonstration intensive area.

Located in the northeast of Nan 'an, meishan town, a provincial-level science and technology demonstration town in the spark technology-intensive area of the province, is the hometown of famous patriotic overseas Chinese Mr. Li Guangqian and Mr. Li Yintong. There are 95,000 "three treasures" people living overseas in this town, which is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in southern Fujian.

From 65438 to 0999, Meishan passed the acceptance of provincial science and technology demonstration towns with excellent results and won the title of advanced unit in the third batch of science and technology demonstration towns in the province. Taking this opportunity, the Party Committee and government of meishan town strengthened their scientific and technological leadership, and established a leading group for scientific and technological work with the mayor as the leader, the deputy mayor in charge of science and technology as the deputy leader, and the heads of agricultural technology, aquaculture, water conservancy, animal husbandry and other departments as members, and established a perfect scientific and technological management system. The town holds joint party and government meetings at least twice a year to discuss scientific and technological work. Before the implementation of major projects, experts are hired to demonstrate and ensure scientific decision-making. At the same time, strengthen publicity and scientific and technological training to create a good atmosphere of attaching importance to science and learning technology. In addition to setting up a column of "Technology on Demand" and 25 special programs on science and technology services in the town cable TV station, it also jointly organized three activities of sending science and technology to the countryside and into the military camp with Quanzhou Science and Technology Commission, Association for Science and Technology, Quannan Association for Science and Technology and Town Li Chengzhi Public Library, which received good results. In recent years, * * * has held 53 lectures and training courses on agricultural technology and fruit tree cultivation, with more than 1 10,000 trainees. Every year, more than 95% of rural grassroots cadres and laborers in this town receive various forms of training, and the technical training rate of enterprise employees is as high as 95%, which improves the scientific and technological level of the whole people. At the same time, a series of technical preferential policies have been introduced, such as: all enterprises that invest in high-tech industries and deep processing of agricultural products are exempted from land use fees 10 year after approval; The formulation and implementation of preferential policies for high-tech enterprises recognized by the provincial science and technology commission have greatly mobilized the production enthusiasm of enterprises.

In recent years, the town has invested nearly 100 million yuan in technological transformation, research and development of new products, introduction of advanced production equipment, and constantly improve the scientific and technological content of products. For example, since 1998, Zhenban meifeng Hydropower Station has invested more than1000000 yuan to rebuild the hydro-generator, and the annual new power generation is1000000 kwh; Rongzhong Petrochemical Plant successfully developed DOT5 automobile brake fluid with international advanced level, which filled the domestic blank. The patent product of "90 1" automobile brake fluid developed by Rongzhong Petrochemical Plant won the title of high-quality brand-name product of the Ministry and the province, and was listed as one of the 20 recommended products in China by the Ministry of Communications. "Guangjin" brand steel shot produced by Quanzhou Jinxing Steel Shot Co., Ltd. was also rated as a provincial excellent product. The above two enterprises have passed the ISO9000 quality system certification. In addition to these two enterprises, Song Li Hot Iron and Steel Works, Shenfu Jieju Co., Ltd. and Puzi Tianle Agricultural Comprehensive Development Co., Ltd. have also become science and technology demonstration enterprises. In addition, it is worth mentioning that Quanzhou Zhongyuan Long Chemical Co., Ltd. is a high-tech environmental protection enterprise, which produces all kinds of high-quality fatty acids by using agricultural and sideline products, turns waste into treasure, solves the pollution problem of agricultural and sideline products for the country, and has great environmental and social benefits. Due to the low cost of raw materials, advanced production technology, high product quality and good economic benefits. The technical level of this series of products is leading in China, reaching the international advanced level.

In recent years, the town has also established a rural demonstration system in an all-round way, actively promoted agricultural scientific and technological achievements and advanced and applicable technologies, and paid attention to the introduction of famous and special new varieties, so that the coverage rate of advanced and applicable agricultural technologies reached over 85%, and the coverage rate of various crop varieties reached over 96%, which greatly increased farmers' income and promoted the development of scientific and technological agriculture.

In 2002, meishan town achieved a total industrial and agricultural output value of 65.438+0.25 billion yuan, a total output value of township enterprises of 65.438+0.6 billion yuan, and industrial and commercial tax of 30.07 million yuan, taking the lead in entering the ranks of well-off towns in the city.