Abstract: Objective To understand awareness rate of tuberculosis control and prevention in the resident of Shenzhen city, in order to carry out more effective health education.  Method 5 249 people were selected through a multi-stage cluster random sampling method, they were administered to face to face questionnaire survey.  Results 5 046 questionnaires were eligible collected. The public awareness rate to all core information is 12.5%, the total public awareness rate to core information is 52.9%.The total awareness rate to core information of the local residents is 55.7%, which is significantly higher than 49.4% of the floating population in Shenzhen.The awareness rate is closely related to age and sex, and age and the awareness rate is inversely related.  Conclusions The public awareness rate of TB knowledge inShenzhen is stilllow.We should strengthen health education on TB knowledge focusing on the floating population, elderly and female population.

Key words: tuberculosis,pulmonary/prevention and control, health education, question naires, Shenzhen city