China reports 264,000 people living with HIV/AIDS

ZHENGZHOU, Dec. 1 (Chinese media) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao paid his second visit

to China's worst AIDS-hit villages in Henan Province, a day before the 20th

World AIDS Day.

It was Wen's fifth face-to-face talks with AIDS patients

or their family members since 2003.

Members of public, celebrities and

condom manufacturers embarked on a "Great AIDS Walk" at the Great Wall on

a chilly Sunday morning to generate funds for the country's fight against

HIV/AIDS and raise public awareness of the disease.(Chinese media

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BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Chinese media) -- Members of

public, celebrities and condom manufacturers embarked on a "Great AIDS Walk" at

the Great Wall on a chilly Sunday morning to generate funds for the country's

fight against HIV/AIDS and raise public awareness of the disease.

The four-kilometer walk at Juyongguan Great Wall, jointly

organized by UNAIDS and China Red Cross Foundation and with the support of the

Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC), attracted more than

2,000 people.

ILO, China jointly work on AIDS

education among Chinese migrant workers

BEIJING, July 28

(Chinese media) -- A program to promote AIDS education among migrant workers in China,

with support from the International Labor Organization, was inaugurated here on

Monday.

The program, called the China Workplace Education Program

is a joint program of the ILO, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU),

the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the China Enterprise

Confederation and part of the UN program on HIV/AIDS in China.

Beijing hotels to offer condoms to

combat AIDS


BEIJING, May

19 (Chinese media) -- Three-star and higher-level hotels in Beijing have been ordered

to stock condoms in every guest room by the end of May amid an increase of

HIV/AIDS infections in the city.

As of April 30, Beijing has registered 5,219 HIV/AIDS

cases, including 569 AIDS patients, and sexual intercourse is an important

factor that accelerated the spread of the fatal condition in the national

capital, officials with Beijing Municipal Health Bureau (BMHB) said at the

launching ceremony of the condom-promotion campaign here on Monday.

China's market supervisor joins war

against AIDS

BEIJING, April 8

(Chinese media) -- China's arduous war against the HIV/AIDS plague gained a powerful

new advocate when the State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC)

integrated an HIV prevention message into its routine duties.

SAIC is the government organization responsible for the

supervision of markets and the enforcement of administrative laws for industry

and commerce in the country.

China launches nationwide AIDS

prevention, care program

BEIJING, March 28

(Chinese media) -- The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) launched a three-year

nationwide AIDS prevention and care program here on Friday, aiming to reduce

vulnerability to HIV and its impact in the country.

The initiative comes in response to an escalating

nationwide HIV epidemic, said Yang Xusheng, director of the HIV Prevention

Office with the RCSC.

China launches AIDS

campaign


BEIJING, March

14 -- A nationwide initiative to enlist college students in an anti-HIV/AIDS

campaign was launched in Beijing on Thursday.

The year-long initiative by the China Woman/Child Care

Committee under the All China Women's Federation will reach 1 million students

at 50 colleges and universities across the country to raise awareness and teach

them about prevention.