All facts social in Xinjiang are making great progress and the technological strength reinforced increasingly. The specialized technical personnel in Xinjiang is up to 462.6 thousand; in addition to 140 independent R&D institution at county level or above, many important scientific and technological achievements have been obtained. The education develops steadily and there are 6670 schools at different levels in 2007 with 4.025 million school students, 14.1 times than in 1978.
The cultural undertaking is prosperous with 89.8% radio population and 93.5% TV population. By the end of the year 2007, there are 7465 medical institutions, with 81.7 thousand beds and 104.7 thousand medical workers. The conditions of medical treatment and sanitation are also improved greatly and the 3-level (county, township and village) medical networks of prevention and healthcare consolidated further.
