In 2003, the Ministry of Health and the United Nations Theme Group on HIV/AIDS in China jointly issue an assessment report on December 1, which estimates that China has 840,000 HIV positive people, of whom 80,000 have AIDS.
2003年，衛生部和聯合國艾滋病防治專題組在 12月1日聯合發布了一份評估報告，估計中國有84萬艾滋病毒陽性者，其中8萬人患艾滋病。