Abstract: Objective To evaluate the effect of the tuberculosis control project supported by World Bank Loan.Methods Relevant data was collected from the quarterly reports,annual reports and some special surveys from 1992 to 2001.Results From 1992 to 2001,the notification rate of smear positive cases increased from 3.54 to 17.94 per handred thousand.The cure rate of new smear-positive cases increase from 86.36% to 96.91% and the cure rate of retreatment cases rate is from 71.74% to 94.86%.Conclusion Conducting TB control project in Yantai has made great progress during the last ten years.It proved that implementing effective project is feasible.The experience is very useful for sustainabilty of tuberculosis control.

Key words: Tuberculosis,pulmonary/prevention and control, Yantai City