Jiangsu province organized a technical contest on parasitic disease control skills was late September, 2018. Fifty-six professionals from 13 reprentative city-level and provincial teams participated in the contest. The scores of theoretical examination and technical operation were recorded and analyzed to understand the professional capability of the participants specialized in parasitic disease control in the province. The average age of the 56 participants was 32.5 ± 5.7 years. The average score of written examination of theoretical knowledge was 83.27 ± 8.31 with a passing rate of 98.21%; among them, the examination in theoretical knowledge of malaria (59.01%) and control execution (65.29%) showed lower scoring rate (χ² = 128.78, 246.43, P < 0.01). The average score of technical skill was 74.80 ± 14.41 with a passing rate of 83.93%. More specifically, the score of plasmodium blood smear preparation was 8.97 ± 0.59 with a passing rate of 83.93%; the score of Kato thick smear preparation was 8.87 ± 0.83 with a passing rate of 98.21%; the score of microscopy for Plasmodium spp. was 19.03 ± 5.91 with a passing rate of 62.50%; and the score of microscopy for common parasitic eggs was 37.93 ± 10.67 with a passing rate of 83.93%. The participants lost more scores in thick blood smear appearance, thick blood smear volume, thin blood smear diameter and thin blood smear appearance, with the scoring rate of 7.14%, 33.93%, 26.79% and 19.64%, respetively, all less than 50%. The scoring rate in the pressing process of Kato’s smear preparation was only 17.86%. These results suggest that despite the overall good results in the contest, the technical skills remain to be improved.