By 1998,China had 47 hospitals for gynecology and obstetrics,with 108,634 gynecologists and obstetricians trained in Western medicine. The number of midwives rose from 13,900 in 1949 to 48,696 in 1998,and that of rural midwives exceeded 310,000.

• 到1998年，全国已有妇产科医院47所，妇产科西医师108634人，助产士也由1949年的13900人发展到48696人，农村接生员达到31万余人；