Abstract: Objective The study was conducted to evaluate the performance of reports on public health emergencies after the implementation of network direct reporting and discuss the factors correlated to the quality of direct reporting in order to further improve the level and quality of public health emergency reports. Methods The underlying problems and their causes of the reporting on public health emergencies were comprehensively analyzed. Results The seven reported outbreaks of epidemic in Gulou district in 2006 comprised mainly influenza, varicella, epidemic parotitis, and other respiratory infections with the peak in spring and autumn. Elementary school students are the high-risk population, the average incidence rate being 3.49%. Conclusion It is required to strengthen the prevention and control of respiratory diseases, speed up the formulation of practical epidemic reporting standards and standardized rules, make improvements to the epidemic surveillance, forecast and report and promptly and effectively handle the emergencies.