The main reason behind the lowered figures is that the number of AIDS/HIV patients infected through blood selling and homosexual activity was over-estimated in 2003.

The Ministry is lending ears to all walks of life including the HIV infected, looking for room to improve the regulations.

Every day China has 200 newly infected people. We should say the situation is still very serious.

Almost 200 people are infected every day in China. The situation is grave.

The 2005 figure turned out to be lower than that of 2003, because the number of those who had contracted HIV/AIDS through illegal blood selling practices was actually overestimated in 2003.

Since a lot of HIV carriers who contracted the virus before 1998 have turned into AIDS patients now, the situation of the disease will be much more serious in the future.