Yongtai County, a county under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, is located in the central part of Fujian Province, in the southwest of Fuzhou City, bordering Minhou and Fuqing in the east, Dehua and Youxi in the west, Putian and Xianyou in the south, and Minqing in the north, covering an area of 2229.86 square kilometers. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Yongtai County was 281216.

In the second year of Yongtai in the Tang Dynasty (766), some villages in the west of Houguan County (now Minhou County) and the east of Youxi County formed Yongtai County with three townships. In 2020, the county will have 9 towns, 12 townships, 255 villages and 17 community neighborhood committees.

In May 2008, it became the twelfth in China and the first "Chinese hot spring town" in Fujian Province. In September 2018, it won the title of "China Natural Oxygen Bar". In September 2019, it was selected into the first batch of national all-region tourism demonstration zones.

In 2020, Yongtai County will achieve a GDP of 30.031 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2%; The added value of the primary industry was 5.647 billion yuan, up 4.5%, and that of the secondary industry was 13.992 billion yuan, up 8.0%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 10.392 billion yuan, up 4.9%; The added value of industries above designated size increased by 5.2%; The added value of the construction industry increased by 9.4%, ranking eighth in the city; Investment in fixed assets increased by 15.6%