In 1985, primary education was universalized in Chenxi County. In 1988, after the county party committee and government implemented the "education priority development" strategy, they took a series of measures to strengthen education management, optimize the education structure, and improve school conditions. Chenxi County's basic education, vocational education, adult education, and literacy education developed rapidly in an all-round way. In 1990, Chenxi County was rated as an advanced county in literacy work in Hunan Province. In December 1993, after the county party committee and the county government made the "Decision on Accelerating the Popularization of Nine-Year Compulsory Education", they focused on the goal of "basically popularizing nine-year compulsory education and basically eradicating illiteracy among young and middle-aged people" and focused on consolidating the "four rates" in primary schools. and junior secondary education. At the same time, a dual-line contracting responsibility system of "the government covering enrollment and the education department covering teaching" will be adopted to pay close attention to the literacy work among young adults. In 1996, illiteracy among young and middle-aged people was basically eliminated in the county. In 2001, Chenxi County basically universalized nine-year compulsory education. In 2005, Chenxi County had 239 primary and secondary schools, 4,589 primary and secondary school teachers, and 55,387 primary and secondary school students.
In 2014, *** invested 413 million yuan in education funds. With an investment of 38.93 million yuan, the construction tasks of 21 qualified schools (parks) were completed. The newly built school buildings covered an area of ??more than 10,000 square meters, the renovated and expanded school buildings covered an area of ??3,456 square meters, and 4 dilapidated school buildings covering an area of ??1,580 square meters were demolished and repaired and renovated. There are 16 school buildings with an area of ??8340 square meters. An investment of 18.79 million yuan was invested in the construction of 252 units of public rental housing for teachers with a total area of ??12,600 square meters. More than 7 million yuan was invested in greening 4,000 square meters of campus and hardening 3,000 square meters of campus roads. Invested 8 million yuan to purchase various teaching equipment for 21 schools and kindergartens. At the end of 2014, there were 4 secondary vocational schools with 479 students. It has 33 ordinary middle schools with 15,988 students, including 4,698 high school students and 11,290 junior high school students. It has 148 ordinary primary schools with 27,897 primary school students. There are 4,091 teaching staff in the county, including 380 full-time teachers in high schools, 1,269 full-time teachers in junior high schools, and 2,293 full-time teachers in primary schools. It has 43 kindergartens with 11,563 children and 872 teaching staff. By 2005, Chenxi County had 7,428 professional and technical personnel of various types, 7.6 times the number in 1978. Chenxi County *** organized and implemented more than 430 scientific and technological projects of various types, achieved 143 important scientific and technological achievements, and obtained 101 patent authorizations. The contribution rate of scientific and technological progress to economic development reaches 54%.
20 science and technology projects were organized and implemented throughout 2014, with a project implementation rate of 100%. The organization applied for 12 projects, 5 of which were approved, and the final project funding was 1.73 million yuan, an increase of 5.5%. The number of patent applications was 145, an increase of 66.7%. Among them, there are 14 invention patents, 13 more than the previous year. Continue to win the honor of "Advanced Unit in Patent Work in Hunan Province".
In April 1986, the Chenxi County Government implemented a health care reform plan, implemented the hospital (station) director responsibility system and department director responsibility system, and expanded the autonomy of medical units. From 1988 to 1991, the reform of the health and medical system was further deepened, multi-form, multi-channel, and multi-level medical services were gradually implemented, and the preventive health care system of village-level health centers and township health centers was restored and reconstructed. Chenxi County has formed a medical care network with the county hospital as the center, township health centers as the backbone, village health centers as the basis, and individual clinics as supplements. From 1992 to 1995, the county government implemented a "hierarchical medical service and hierarchical management" system and adjusted medical institutions at the county, township and village levels. In 1996, after acceptance by the provincial and local health departments, Chenxi County’s primary health care met the standards.
In 2013, the construction of three township-level health center comprehensive business buildings was completed, and four health center turnover dormitory construction projects were implemented. At the end of the year, there were 621 medical and health institutions of various types, an increase of 24. Among them: 8 hospitals, 30 health centers, 2 health prevention and epidemic prevention institutions, 1 maternal and child health station, 492 village clinics, 67 clinics, 2 medical offices, and 19 outpatient clinics. There are 2,548 hospital beds. There are 2,123 health technicians, an increase of 36 people. Among them, there are 493 practicing doctors, an increase of 14 people.
Xiangxi Bandit Suppression Victory Park is located in the North Park of Chenyang Ancient City, Chenxi County, an old revolutionary area. It covers a total area of ??150 hectares and a construction area of ??about 10,000 square meters. Its protection planning scope is bounded by ancient lanes in the east, Park Road in the south, and ancient buildings in the west. The laneway, adjacent to Huancheng Road in the north, is a patriotic education base approved by the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China that integrates cultural relics protection, cultural industry, tourism and leisure, and revolutionary traditional education.