HIV/AIDS News in China in chronological order
[prevention news] [treatment news] [law and policy news]
Heilongjiang Nongken Intermediate People's Court Issues Judgment in HIV Blood Transfusion Infection Case [Northeast News Web 23 January 2006]
Doing successful AIDS prevention work, preserving Sichuan’s economic and social development [Sichuan Online 17 January 2006]
Half of all County-level leaders have received AIDS training [Guangxi Newsnet 13 January 2006]
Yet another AIDS carrier confirmed -- Doctor: A warning on high risk sexual behavior [Longhu Net 31 December 2005]
Hospital Compensates 100,000 Yuan for AIDS infection via Blood transfusions [Beijing Entertainment News 29 December 2005]
45.1% of the population infected with AIDS are migrants [Chongqing Times 26 December 2005]
Spending on HIV/AIDS prevention set to double [China Daily 28 December 2005]
China plans database of HIV/AIDS victims [Xinhua 21 March 2005]
Xiamen: Spreading HIV/AIDS knowledge among high-risk populations [China News Service 30 November 2005]
Gao Qiang: China welcomes NGOs to participate in HIV/AIDS prevention efforts
[China News Service 30 November 2005]
China takes three measures to eliminate prejudice against people with HIV/AIDS in the society [China News Service 30 November 2005]
Hunan finds 999 new AIDS infections [Yangzi Evening News 25 November 2005]
China to issue rules on AIDS control within the year: health official [Xinhua 27 Oct 2005]
China to invest over 100 mln dollars in anti-AIDS campaign next year [Xinhua 27 Oct 2005]
AIDS Control Professor publicly reveals his HIV test results [Beijing Morning News 16 September 2005]
Wang Longde: By year’s end will have "more accurate number" for people with AIDS
[Xinhua 31 August 2005]
HIV Infection Rate among Liuzhou STI Patients 10 Times Higher than Normal
[China Newsnet 13 August 2005]
Ministry calls on more scrutiny on AIDS spread among drug users [Xinhua, 4 June 2005]
Central China province sets up AIDS drug reserve supply in 14 cities [Xinhua 22 May 2005]
China plans to spend more to fight AIDS/HIV [China Daily 4 June 2005]
Second phase of China-Australia Xinjiang AIDS prevention and care project kicks off [Xinhua 3 June 2005]
Mystery infection is HIV [China Daily 2 June 2005]
Anti-AIDS drug 'breakthrough' claim [China Daily 1 June 2005]
Henan to provide free job training for AIDS orphans[Xinhua 1 June 2005]
China AIDS vaccine begins human test [Xinhua 16 May 2005]
Shanghai Health department announces AIDS treatment move - people with AIDS get reduced, free meds [Youth Daily (Shanghai) 9 May 2005]
China Exclusive: Anti-AIDS Campaign Spotlights Sex Workers [Xinhua May 4, 2005]
AIDS patient marries healthy person, Local hotel refuses to host banquet [Suzhou Newsweb 30 April 2005]
Henan Province issues “AIDS surveillance implementation scheme”, epidemic will be monitored “anytime, any place”
[Big River News April 25 2004]
Two positive people in Hubei Province meet the public with their healthy partners [Xinhuanet Wuhan, 24 April 2005]
Medical transmission of HIV has already become a latent killer! [Guizhou Daily 18 April 2005]
Condom promotion to cover all of Urumqi's hotels in 2005 [Urumqi Evening News 27 April 2005]
2005 National HIV Drug Resistance Survey Formally Launched [China CDC website 29 April 2005]
China plans database of HIV/AIDS victims [Xinhua 21 March 2005]
Beijing Epidemic Inspection station finds HIV carriers among returnees [Huaxia Times 30 Dec 2004]
China's ports discover 486 HIV carriers [Southeast Express 25 Dec 2004]
Coming late night sex TV show expected to be embraced by Chinese [Xinhua 6 Dec 2004]
China to continue fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria: vice premier [Xinhua, 2004.12.6]
China releases new national AIDS report [New Culture News, 2 Dec 2004]
Jilin province designates 9 AIDS hospitals – patients must bring ID for treatment [Xinhua 10 Oct 2004]
Nanjing AIDS patients to be fully covered by low-income insurance [Nanjing Daily 10 Oct 2004]
Anti-AIDS medicines added to new national health insurance list [Health News 8 October 2004]
Capital’s entertainment venues to start implementing new health certificates [Xinjiang Metropolitan News 27 August 2004]
Ministry of Civil Affairs announces new policy – Subsidies for those adopting AIDS orphans [CCTV, 10 August 2004]
Public Security Bureau requests establishment of special drug rehabilitation zones for drug users with AIDS [Chinese News Service 29 July 2004]
China to provide 30,000 AIDS patients with free Chinese medicine treatment [Shenzhen Newsnet, 21 August 2004]
Chinese Medicine for treating AIDS – 8 yuan per day [The Beijing News 25 August 2004]
China puts independent clause of AIDS prevention into law [People's Daily 25 August 2004]
Tianjin reports 21 new AIDS cases this year – most among the migrant population [Northern Newsnet 24 August 2004]
Jiangsu Province introduces first local legislation on AIDS Prevention
[Xinhua 21 August 2004]
Experts estimate 40 million homosexuals in China [Haixia Metropolitan News 20 August 2004]
Chinese know little about AIDS: survey [Xinhua, 9 August 2004]
China's first AIDS Care Center to start construction this year
[Xinhuanet 3 August 2004]
Six ARVs to be put on Medical Insurance List from 1 August [Business Times, 30 July 2004]
China's Round Four HIV/AIDS Global Fund Application Approved - 30 June 2004 [see Global Fund website announcement]
China's first HIV-positive criminal suspect goes on trial [Beijing Youth Daily, 10 June 2004]
First case of HIV-positive Criminal: gets 11-year sentence [Xinhua, 17 June 2004]
Working doesn't pay – women turn to sex-work. The whereabouts and hopes of a woman with AIDS [Dongbei News Network 4 June 2004]
Zhejiang planning construction of an AIDS prevention “line” [East China News 27 April 2004]
Hubei announces free and reduced fee policy for AIDS control [Xinhua 10 June 2004]
AIDS treatment requires pragmatic attitude and actions [The Beijing News 1 June 2004]
Premier visits AIDS doctor - pledges effective HIV/AIDS control [Xinhua 16 June 2004]
China sets up data bank for Aids patients [Xinhuanet 5 June 2004]
Shandong Pushes AIDS prevention measure: It is not permitted to fire people with HIV/AIDS [People’s Daily Online, 31 May 2004]
Shandong Forbids Firing Due to HIV/AIDS – Public Opinion: We Cannot Accept This [China Youth Daily 2004.6.03]
Chinese farmer wins 'AIDS blood' case [Xinhua 12 May 2004]
China's cabinet takes urgent measures to curb AIDS spread [Xinhua 9 May 2004]
State Council outlines measures to intensify fight against AIDS [Xinhua, 9 May 2004]
Vice-Premier on HIV/AIDS prevention[Xinhua, 8 May 2004]
Six Free Anti-AIDS Drugs [Sichuan Newsweb – Chengdu Business News 14 April 2004]
China Issues Rules on Free AIDS Treatment – Patients Must produce ID Card
[China News Service 13 April 2004]
NGOs to play important role in China's AIDS prevention, control [Xinhua, 13 April 2004]
AIDS Prevention and Control Grim, Society Must be Mobilized to Participate
[China News Service 8 April 2004]
Yunnan passes new AIDS policy, will provide clean needles to drug users
[China News Service, 7 April 2004]
Guangzhou People's Congress Rep: Hotels, Entertainment Venues should give free Condoms [Information Times, 6 April 2004]
Vice Minister of Health: Six Major Barriers to doing good AIDS prevention and control work [China News 6 April 2004]
Legal Focus: AIDS to be changed from Class A to Class B infectious disease [Xinhua, 2 April 2004]
China achieves domestic production of all basic medicine to treat AIDS
[People's Daily/CCTV 4 April 2004]
First Batch of National Model AIDS Prevention and Control Districts Announced [Xinhua, 2 April 2004]
Flood of Chinese language coverage from AIDS Day in China (view 200+ Chinese News stories)
Hubei Province to Strengthen 8 Measures, Firmly Control HIV/AIDS Epidemic Spread [People’s Daily Online, 10 March 2004]
Hubei Province to Create 10 AIDS Control Brigades to Work in Epidemic Areas [Xinmin Evening News 10 March 2004]
Henan Party Secretary Enters AIDS Village, Demands Real Work Not a “Show”
[China Youth Daily, 26 Feb 2004]
US pledges $15 million, opens project in Beijing [China Daily 3 March 2004]
Henan boosts help to HIV/AIDS victims [China Daily 3 March 2004]
Gay Clinic sees no patients on First Day [Jiangnan Times, 15 Feb 2004 ]
Sexual Contact to become main factor in spread of HIV/AIDS
[Wuhan Daily, 11 Feb 2004]
Yunnan AIDS Prevention and Control Law to Take Effect in March [Yunnan Daily, 5 Feb 2004] [view text of regulation]
Hubei’s first openly HIV+ person: “I want to warn people”
[Chutian Jinbao, 3 Feb 2004]
Chinese HIV-positive people send open letter to Glaxo and Merck demanding affordable access to ARVs [3 Feb 2004][view letter]
An Operation That Nobody Is Willing To Do [Southern Metropolitan News, 29 Jan 2004]
Half of Dentists Don't use gloves, 60% don't properly disinfect instruments [Yangtze Daily, 4 Jan 2004]
Hubei’s first openly HIV+ person: “I want to warn people”
[Chutian Jinbao, 3 Feb 2004]
Gay Clinic sees no patients on First Day [Jiangnan Times, 15 Feb 2004 ]
Sexual Contact to become main factor in spread of HIV/AIDS
[Wuhan Daily, 11 Feb 2004]
Yunnan AIDS Prevention and Control Law to Take Effect in March [Yunnan Daily, 5 Feb 2004]
An Operation That Nobody Is Willing To Do [Southern Metropolitan News, 29 Jan 2004]
Half of Dentists Don't use gloves, 60% don't properly disinfect instruments [Yangtze Daily, 4 Jan 2004]
Setting up an HIV testing system [Xiaoxiang morning news (Changsha), 3 Jan 2003]
Taiyuan "Entertainment Venues" Must Prepare Condoms [Harbin Daily 3 Jan 2004]
11 People at risk of work-related HIV exposure [Southern Metropolitan News, 3 Jan 2004]
Female doctor infected with HIV virus during operation
[Chongqing Morning News, 30 December 2003]
"Entertainment" Venues to become testing centers [Jinan Evening News, 30 Dec 2003]
Chongqing High-risk Groups to Receive Free HIV Testing [Shandong Newsweb, 31 Dec 2003]
Stigma key barrier to HIV/AIDS prevention in China: UNICEF official [xinhuanet.com 29 Dec 2003]
How to Stop HIV/AIDS from becoming a National Disaster
[Southern Weekend 5 Dec 2003]
Taiyuan “Entertainment Venues” Must Prepare Condoms [Harbin Daily 3 Jan 2004]
11 People at risk of work-related HIV exposure [Southern Metropolitan News, 3 Jan 2004]
Half of Dentists Don’t use gloves, 60% don’t properly disinfect instruments [Yangtze Daily, 4 Jan 2004]
“Entertainment” Venues to become testing centers [Jinan Evening News, 30 Dec 2003]
Chongqing High-risk Groups to Receive Free HIV Testing [Shandong Newsweb, 31 Dec 2003]
Stigma key barrier to HIV/AIDS prevention in China: UNICEF official [.xinhuanet.com 29 Dec 2003]
AIDS Treatment ”requires countless more "AIDS Days" [The Beijing News, 1 Dec 2003]
Chinese premier shakes hands, has conversation with AIDS patients [Xinhua, 1 December 2003]
China AIDS Info analysis - AIDS Day and Wen Jiabao visit
AIDS Day in China - roundup of news reporting (5 stories)
Gov't-approved condom ads aired for first time [China Daily, 28 November 2003]
HIV+ criminal gang busted in Hangzhou [Xinhua, 26 Nov 2003]
One dollar CD4 test developed in Shanghai [Xinhua, 24 Nov 2003]
Government has Constitutional Duty to People with HIV/AIDS [Southern Metropolis News, 10 November 2003]
60% of Chinese with AIDS have Hep C [China Daily, 13 October 2003]
220,000 already dead from AIDS in China, those infected by blood transfusions to get free treatment [Beijing Youth Daily, 4 October 2003]
Chinese medical team on anti-AIDS frontline in Africa [China Daily, 26 September 2003) (Xinhua)]
AIDS Prevention: Government Promises and Responsibilities [Southern Metropolis, 25 September 2003]
Vice minister vows to fight AIDS [Xinhua Net 23 Sept 2003] [with audio/video links]
Hunan AIDS Cases Grow, Province Could Be High Prevalence Area in Next 10 Years [Xinhua Net Hunan, 13 Sept 2003]
Infected with HIV by Blood Transfusion and Hospital is Not Responsible? [18 April 2003, China News net]
Experts Call for AIDS Prevention Education Among Male Prostitutes [Xinhua, 9 September 2003]
Guiyang - "Drug addicts, loiterers, idlers and other indecent people" to be checked for AIDS [Xinhua News Agency, 18 August 2003]
Chaotic blood supply management, AIDS lawsuits instill fear in Chinese Public [China Newsweek, 13 August 2003]
Emergency Room Patient in Guangzhou Tests Positive for HIV, Nine medical Staff in Danger of Infection
[Yangcheng Evening News online, 8 August 2003]
Wenzhou Increases AIDS prevention, Will Test Six Types of People
[30 July 2003, Wenzhou News Online]
Voluntary Blood Donations also Seek “Gunners”, Voluntary Donation Certificates selling for RMB500
[10 July 2003, Information Times via People’s Daily Online]
Southern Metropolis: Sichuan to reverse ban on marriage for HIV+ people [Southern Metropolis, 29 May 2003]
Survey: More Than Half of Chinese Do Not Understand AIDS prevention [Chinanews.com - 11 June 2003]
China Issues Circular on AIDS-SARS Patients [Xinhua News Agency 9 June, 2003]
Doctor convicted of Invading Privacy for revealing patient's disease status [People's Daily, 27 April 2003]
Infected with HIV by Blood Transfusion and Hospital is Not Responsible? Authorities Say Details Must be Analyzed [18 April 2003, China News Net]
Henan woman compensated for being infected with HIV [Chinanews.com (http://www.chinanews.com.cn) , 15 April 2003]
Pre-marital medical exams only for giving 'suggestions'? [Jiangnan Times, 13 April 2003]
Health workers can be insured against occupational HIV infection [Beijing Youth Daily, 12 April 2003]
Spot Checks produce astonishing results: only 12.1% of condoms meet standards
"Evening News" via People's Daily Online, 10 April 2003
AIDS Prevention Starts With Infants [Eastern Web Morning News, 8 April 2003]
Including the Migrant Population in AIDS Sentinel Surveillance [Yangcheng News "JinYangWang", 7 April 2003]
Urumqi Education Dept. Uses "Peer Education" to teach AIDS Prevention [Xinhuanet, 5 April 2003]
Is postal HIV Testing scientific? [Beijing Youth Daily, 4 April 2003]
A survey of AIDS villages in Henan Province: "We Don't Want Society's Concern, We Want Economic Growth" [ 21st Century World Herald]
Henan Determines to Meet AIDS head-on [ China News Net, 3 April 2003]
Henan: Rapid HIV test moves to production stage [People’s Daily Online, 2 April 2003]
Guangzhou to introduce HIV Testing by Post [Information Times, 1 April 2003]
China to intensify integrated AIDS monitoring [Xinhua, 1 April 2003]
Public welfare programme launched to help fight AIDS [China Daily, 29 March 2003]
No monopoly on Domestic production of AIDS drugs - annual cost estimated at RMB3538 [北京现代商报, 28 March 2003]
Ningxia province experiment in AIDS prevention education [(in Chinese only)People's Daily Online, March 26,2003]
Ningxia province experiment in AIDS prevention education [People's Daily Online, March 26,2003]
Restrictions remain on AIDS cure tests [China Daily, March 26,2003]
Re-using Disposable Needles – Even Getting Rich off Medical Garbage [People's Daily “Market Report”, 20 March 2003]
China Develops Cheap, Fast New HIV test [Big River News(Henan), 12 March 2003]
Individuals Should Not Test Themselves for HIV Virus with Rapid Test, Experts Say
[Chinanews.com, 11 March 2003]
Pilot health care program for AIDS patients announced [People's Daily 8 Mar 2003]
Survey of Underground Beijing Prostitutes: From washing hair to massage to sexual services [China News Service, 7 March 2003]
China approves use of "tonic" to treat AIDS [Press Trust of India, 26 Feb 2003]
BLOOD SAFETY: Blood banking systems improving in China, but more progress needed [AIDS Weekly via NewsRx.com and NewsRx.net, February 3, 2003]
Home-made AIDS drugs debut [Xinhua, 28 January 2003]
AIDS: Everyone's Problem [China Newsweek Magazine, 28 January 2003]
Advertisements about STIs and HIV treatments banned [Xinhua, 18 January 2003]
13 year old AIDS orphan teaches villagers about HIV [People's Daily, 13 January, 2003]
Guangdong province to supply drug users with clean needles [People's Daily Online, 13 January 2003]
AIDS cases to double in five years, will test health care resources[China Daily, 14 January 2003]
Chinese with HIV suffer discrimination despite legal protections [New York Times, 14 January 2003]
Young woman with HIV beaten to death by father [(in Chinese only) Health Times, 27 December 2002]
Merck and Glaxo making inroads into Chinese domestic market [China Daily, 7 December 2002]
AIDS Prevention and Control requires solving two Legal Problems [Legal Daily, 1 December 2002]
Aids health allowance for civil servants [South China Morning Post, 26 Oct 2002]
Needles plan for addicts as Aids battle intensifies [SCMP, 22 November, 2002]
Pilot HIV Treatment Programme Launched in Yunnan [17 Oct 2002]
China vows to contain AIDS Epidemic [China Daily, 16 Oct 2002]
Local governments passing new rules to control HIV/AIDS [ China Daily, 16 Oct 2002]
Chinese city passes law to protect rights of AIDS patients[AFP - 16 October 2002]
AIDS Seen as Threat to World; Experts say 5 big nations face devastation by 2010
[Newsday (New York, NY), October 15, 2002]
Drug Taking, Blood Collection Spread AIDS in China [People's Daily, 3 October 2002]
Why China should pursue compulsory licensing, to save lives [(in Chinese only) Southern Weekend, 26 Sept 2002]
Lawmakers Call for Harder Crackdown on Drug Counterfeiters [Xinhua, 12 March 2002]
AIDS patients get US$1.2m [China Daily 09 November, 2001]
Drug trials underway in Yunnan
AIDS Test to be Compulsory for Pregnant Women in Shenzhen [People's Daily, 23 March, 2001]
HIV Among Shanglou Distict, Shaanxi Province Blood Donors[Southern Weekend, March 15, 2001]
Licenses of Five Chongqing Blood Collection Stations Cancelled by Health Authorities [Health Daily via Sohu, 5 January 2001]