Yangquan is rich in water resources with a total volume of 1.48 billion cubic meters. Springs in eastern Niangzi Pass are the main sources of water for industries and residents in the city. At present, Yangquan city's daily water supply capacity is 200,000 cu m per day, the actual demand is about 100,000 cubic meters per day. In addition, Yangquan has built a sewage treatment plant with a handling capacity of 140,000 tons/day. Hutuo River and Longhua River which pass through the city are being developed as the city's second water source. County-level and township-level sewage treatment plants in Pingding, Yuxian counties, Niangziguan town have also been built. The supply of water resources can meet the city's growing demand for urban construction and industrial project construction. 

In terms of gas supply, a large-scale coal project with mine gas as the main gas source has been completed. A total of 559,000 people have begun to use coal gas, with a usage rate of 98.05 percent. In terms of heat supply, Hepo Power Plant, Yangguang Power Plant and No 3 Coal Mine Thermal Power Plant have been used as heat sources to complete the combined heating and power project, with a central heating rate of 96.2 percent. Besides abundant coal resources, Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan refined oil pipeline, Shaanxi-Beijing two-way natural gas pipeline and Shaanxi-Beijing three-way natural gas pipelines have been connected to the city and guaranteed local energy supply.

The density of railways and highways in Yangquan ranks top in Shanxi province. The operation of Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan Railway, Shuozhou-Huanghua Railway, Yangquan-Shexian Railway and Yangquan-Yuxian Railway, and the Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan High-speed Railway has greatly shortened the distance between Yangquan and surrounding cities. It takes only 30 minutes to Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang, and only two hours to travel to Beijing. Yangquan has now become an important railway hub connecting Beijing, Tianjin, Tangshan, Henan province, Hebei province with Shanxi province. Thanks to the 307 National Highway, 207 National Highway, Taiyuan-Jiuguan Expressway, Yangquan-Wutaishan Expressway, Beijing-Kunming Expressway and Xinzhong Expressway, it takes only one hour to Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang, and it is only four hours' drive to Beijing. Based on this framework, a crisscross traffic network is formed with the urban area as the center, radiating counties and towns under jurisdiction and neighboring provinces and cities. Located 100 kilometers away from Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang Airport, Yangquan has convenient air traffic. There are several civil aviation ticket offices in the city, making tickets buying and goods delivery convenient.