Lianyungang city has a population of 4.72 million, 3.2 million of them are labor force. The city owns 126, 6000 technical personnel in varied fields, 5692 of them with senior technical title, while 38174 with intermediate one. There are 85 various technical training institutions with a total trainee of 90,000 per year, mainly train technical workers of clothes-making, machinery manufacturing and electronic operating, etc. Local staff and workers prefer to enjoy a stable career and easy to be trained and managed.

There are 3 colleges, 4 secondary specialized schools, 13 vocational middle schools, with 100,000 students at school.