Jobs for HIV sufferers 'a priority'

Creating jobs for people suffering from HIV/AIDS is a priority for authorities in Henan, one of the provinces worst hit by the disease, its governor Li Chengyu said yesterday on the sidelines of the NPC session.

"To date, we have had about 35,000 people confirmed as being HIV-positive," Li told China Daily.

"More than 8,000 of them have died, while among the rest, an increasing number are developing symptoms of AIDS," Li said.