(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-09-29 20:22

The survey is normally carried out every two years but this year's figure has yet to be released.

"On one hand the prevalence is still low compared with the total population of 1.3 billion, but on the other hand it is a large number," Hao said.

The situation in China is better than many African countries and some Asian neighbors, but in several provinces which are troubled by drug trafficking and illegal blood donation, the prevalence is high and the situation is very serious, he said.

When AIDS prevalence in common Chinese, for instance pregnant women, remains less than one percent, it can be regarded as low, said Wu Zhunyou, director of China's National Center for AIDS Prevention and Control (NCAIDS), in the same interview.

The people who have HIV in China are mainly from high-risk groups like drug users, sex workers, homosexuals and those having more than one sex partner, he said.

"But China must learn the lessons from countries like South Africa. We are trying to do things in advance," he said.

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