At the meeting, foreign guests discovered that the quality of Taiwan's medicine had improved rapidly over the past 30 years. The death rate has declined and the average life expectancy has increased. This period has seen the eradication of most acute infectious diseases. Medical techniques and knowledge have advanced to such a degree that Taiwan may be considered equal to developed countries.
行政院院長孫運璿在致開幕詞時說，我國近三十年來，在醫藥衛生方面的努力，如死亡率的降低、平均壽命的延長、急性傳染病的絕跡，以及各種高度醫事技術的開創與發展… … 等，都足以使我們的醫療保健水準步入開發國家之林。