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

A number of government policies have been issued including free HIV tests to everyone and free treatment for AIDS patients in rural areas and low-income earners in cities without basic health insurance as well as free treatment and delivery service to HIV-positive expectant mothers.

Since 2005, disease control departments in China's counties, the lowest level, now report HIV-positive cases to the central government in Beijing directly through a computer network. They used to send the information by post.

"This has improved the accuracy of HIV/AIDS data," Hao said.

"We can't fully control the spread of AIDS in a short time. That's why more preventive efforts must be made," Wu said.

The government has also launched campaigns to increase public awareness about the diseases, for instance, education on safe sex among youth and setting up condom vending machines.

In the past two years in major cities, hotel rooms have been required to provide condoms.

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