Yongtai County, belongs to Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. It is located in the central part of Fujian Province, southwest of Fuzhou City, neighboring Minhou and Fuqing in the east, Dehua and Youxi in the west, Putian and Xianyou in the south, and Minqing in the north, with an area of 2,229.86 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, the resident population of Yongtai County was 281,216 people.
In the second year of Yongtai of Tang Dynasty (766), Yongtai County was formed with three townships in the western part of Houguan County (present-day Minhou County) and some villages in the eastern part of Youxi County.In 2020, the county had nine townships, twelve townships, 255 villages, and seventeen community committees.In May 2008, the county became the twelfth in the country, and the first in Fujian Province, to be recognized as "the Hometown of China's Hot Springs". "In September 2018, it was awarded the title of "China's Natural Oxygen Bar", and in September 2019, it was selected as one of the first batch of national demonstration zones for regional tourism.
In 2022, Yongtai County's gross regional product will be 36.783 billion yuan, an increase of 2.4%; the added value of the primary industry will be 6.458 billion yuan, an increase of 4.6%; the added value of the secondary industry will be 19.512 billion yuan, an increase of 4.6%; the added value of the tertiary industry will be 10.812 billion yuan, a decrease of 2.2%.