Colleges and vocational colleges in Taiyuan include: Taiyuan Electric Power College, Shanxi Finance and Taxation College, Shanxi Police Officer College, Shanxi Police Officer Vocational College, Shanxi International Business Vocational College, Shanxi Sports Vocational College, Shanxi Tourism Vocational College, Shanxi Huaao Business Vocational College, Shanxi Management Vocational College, Shanxi Drama Vocational College, Shanxi Finance and Trade Vocational and Technical College, Shanxi Forestry Vocational and Technical College, Shanxi Water Conservancy Vocational and Technical College, Shanxi Light Industry Vocational and Technical College. Shanxi Mechanical and Electrical Vocational and Technical College, Taiyuan Tourism Vocational College, Shanxi Old Area Vocational and Technical College, Shanxi Coal Vocational and Technical College, Taiyuan City Vocational and Technical College, Shanxi Finance Vocational College, Shanxi Vocational and Technical College, Shanxi Electric Power Vocational and Technical College, Shanxi Art Vocational College, Shanxi Communications Vocational and Technical College, Shanxi Architecture Vocational and Technical College, Shanxi Engineering Vocational and Technical College, Shanxi Xinghua Vocational College, Shanxi Economic and Trade Vocational College, Shanxi Youth Vocational College and Shanxi Medicine Vocational College.

Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province, the innovation demonstration area of the national sustainable development agenda, the northern military and cultural center of China, the world Shanxi business metropolis, one of the important energy and heavy industry bases in China, an excellent tourist city in China and a national garden city. Taiyuan successfully hosted the 2nd National Youth Games, the China Central Expo and the China TV Huading Award.

On August 3, 20 19, Taiyuan was selected as a pilot city for the construction of national urban medical complex. 20 19 10 3 1, Taiyuan was selected as the first batch of 5G commercial cities. On July 30th, 20021year, the Ministry of Transport named Taiyuan as a national demonstration city for transit metropolis construction.