President Hu tells HIV carriers, communities not to be daunted by disease

Source: Xinhua News Agency | 12-01-2007 08:18

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday visits doctors and communities in Beijing, showing the central government's resolution to tackle the growing AIDS problem in the country. (Xinhua Photo)

BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Ahead of the 20th World AIDS Day on Saturday, Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday visited doctors and communities in Beijing, talking and shaking hands with HIV patients and chanting songs with heartening lyrics inspiring people "not to be daunted by HIV."

In an apparent gesture to show the central government's resolution to tackle the growing AIDS problem in the country, Hu visited AIDS control medical staff in a local center for disease control and prevention in Chaoyang District of Beijing on a chilly Friday morning.

Looking through medical facilities and drugs used for AIDS prevention and control, Hu carefully inquired about treatment methods and the prevalent situation of the disease.

In a blood test room and workshop of intervention for AIDS prevention for high-risk groups, the president listened carefully to the introduction of their prevention and control programs and preliminary achievements.