In August 2002, for the first time, an official of the government of China acknowledges that the country is facing an AIDS epidemic and discloses that HIV infections in China rose 67.4% in the first six months of 2001 compared with the first six months of 2000.
2002年8月，中國政府官員首次承認該國正面臨艾滋病流行，並披露2001年前六個月中國艾滋病病毒感染率比2000年前六個月增加了67.4％。