Central ministries respond to issues of HIV, industry

Central government ministries and departments responded to public concerns in a series of areas, such as the HIV infection incident in Zhejiang and the development of industry and information technology.

HIV infection

The National Health and Family Planning Commission said that it has paid a great deal of attention to an accident concerning HIV infection in Zhejiang province. The provincial health authorities received a report from the Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a Grade Three Class A hospital, on Jan 26 that a hospital technician violated standard operating procedures that may have led to the possibility of five patients contracting HIV. After being informed of the accident, the national health commission said that Li Bin, the minister, ordered local authorities to investigate the case, take contingency preventive measures and strictly punish relevant personnel responsible for the accident in accordance with relevant laws.