In the long history, infectious disease once caused huge disasters to human beings, not only resulting in serious impacts on public health, but even threatening socioeconomic development and national security. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, China has attached great importance to the prevention and treatment of infectious disease and achieved remarkable achievements. This article mainly summarizes the historical progresses of the eradication of smallpox and the eliminations of polio, leprosy, filariasis, neonatal tetanus, blinding trachoma and malaria in China, and discusses the eliminations of the infectious diseases which can be conducted in the future.在漫长的历史长河中，传染病不仅对公众健康造成了巨大的影响，甚至威胁到国家安全和社会经济的发展。新中国成立以来，我国高度重视传染病防治工作，取得了举世瞩目的成就。本文主要回顾了我国消灭天花，消除脊髓灰质炎、麻风病、丝虫病、新生儿破伤风、致盲性沙眼和疟疾的历史进程，并对未来有望被消除的传染病进行了展望。.
