Abstract: Objective To understand the current situation of TB control and prevention in Gansu Province. Methods A retrospective epidemiological survey was conducted through questionnaires for provincial, prefecture and county level, making use of the TB surveillance information from 2001 to 2009. Epidata is used to establish the database, and Excel and SPSS 17.0 is used for data analysis. Results By the end of 2009,DOTS coverage rate reached 100% and the DOTS quality continued to increase. From 2001 to 2009, a total of 70804 cases of smear positive TB cases were detected in the whole province with the task completion rate of 93.49%（70 804/75 738）. In 2009, the cure rate of new and re-treatment smear positive TB cases reaches 91.68%（56 592/61 731） and 87.33%（9983/11 431）respectively, the cure success rate reaches 91.63%（67 039/73 162） for the infectious pulmonary TB cases. From 2005 to 2009, the referral rate of TB cases and the suspected TB cases had reached 65.08%（61 511/94 510）, the arrival rate of referral TB cases and the suspected TB cases reached 48.35%（29 741/61 511）, tracing rate reached 77.35%（50 100/64 769）,tracing arrival rate reached 58.16% （29 139/50 100）,the total arrival rate reaches 62.30% （58 880/94 510）. The training rate of village doctor reaches 90.07%（17 922/19 898）.Conclusion Our province has established a government-led, multi-sectoral cooperation and full social participation mechanisms for sustainable development of TB control work. The human resources improved both in quantity and in quality. Laboratory building and financial input strengthened gradually.

Key words: Tuberculosis, pulmonary/prevention and control, Epidemiologic study, Gansu province