With the development of medical and public health undertakings, the incidence of infectious and endemic diseases has been drastically reduced. Such highly infectious diseases as leprosy, cholera, the plague, and smallpox have been basically eradicated.

• 随着医疗卫生事业的发展，各种传染并地方病的发病率大幅度下降，麻风、霍乱、鼠疫、天花等烈性传染病基本被消灭；