More HIV carriers enter China

Experts: Public education important; voluntary testing to be promoted

China has reported an increasing number of foreigners with HIV/AIDS entering the country since it lifted a travel ban in 2010, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.

The number of reported HIV cases among foreigners seeking to enter China was 660 in 2010, which increased to 1,146 the next year and 2,154 last year, Han Mengjie, director of the National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, under China CDC, said at a news conference.