September 7, 1998 (July 17) Tiger years, the 15th session of the International Leprosy Congress held in Beijing.

September 1998, the 15th session of the International Leprosy Congress held in Beijing. The General Assembly, President Jiang Zemin wrote an inscription: "elimination of leprosy, for the benefit of all mankind.
commissioned by the member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice premier of the State Council, the Minister of Health Zhang Wenkang delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. CDPF Chairman Deng and the person in charge of the former and current President of the International Leprosy Association, President of the International Leprosy Relief Association (Today in History www.TodayOnHistory.com) Nippon Foundation and other international organizations, as well as representatives from 67 countries and regions participated in the opening ceremony.
theme of the conference is: to create a world without leprosy. This session of the General Assembly, held in Berlin, Germany, from the 1897 session of the International Leprosy Congress for more than 100 years. From the session beginning next century, the new century will be to wipe out leprosy. (Lsjt.org)
It is understood that since the founding of New China 40 years ago, comprehensive prevention measures to control the epidemic of leprosy, the participating experts spoke highly of this. China is now suffering from leprosy patients by 1957 the number of 39 million people in 1997, down 4054 people; newly discovered number of patients from the historical highest year to 3.5 million in 1958, down to 1997, more than 1,800 people.