As early as the late Neolithic period, there were human activities in the local area, which was the basis for the formation of indigenous peoples in Yongtai County. During the "Yongjia Rebellion" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Du Nan, Guan Yi moved to Yongtai County, and its population gradually increased. Yongtai Town was established before the county was established in the Tang Dynasty, and the town address was Zhangda. In the second year of Tang Yongtai (766), after analysis, Xixiang in Houguan County and Dongxiang in Youxi County were located in Yongtai County, whose county name was Yongtai and Yongyang in posthumous title. In the first year of Chongning in the Northern Song Dynasty (1 102), it was renamed Yongfu County in order to avoid the Zhezong Mausoleum. It has been used in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the third year of the Republic of China (19 14), it was renamed Yongtai county because of the same name as Yongfu county in Guangxi province.

The county belongs to different generations, and the Tang Dynasty belongs to Changle County. Yan Zheng, the king of Fujian, changed his capital to the East. Song belongs to Fuzhou. Yuan belongs to Fuzhou Road, Fujian Province. Ming and Qing Dynasties belong to Fuzhou, Fujian. In 3 years of the Republic of China, abandoned houses belonged to East Road; In the same year, it was changed to Minhai Road; 16 waste pipe directly under the provincial government; 23 years belongs to the first administrative supervision area; In 24 years, it was changed to the second administrative supervision area; 32 years, under the jurisdiction of the first administrative supervision area.

1949 August 15 liberation. After the founding of New China, the old system was still used. 1950 belonged to Minhou District, 1956 was renamed Jinjiang District, 1958 became a community, and 1959 belonged to Minhou District again (197 1 year Minhou District was renamed Putian District)./kloc 1983 belongs to Fuzhou and is divided into 2 1 people's communes. 1984, the real administrative agencies were separated, and the communes were changed to townships (towns), a total of 2 towns, 19 townships, and then 7 townships were changed to towns one after another.