Xi calls on public to care AIDS patients as 'brothers and sisters' (4)

Xi said although effective disease-control measures have been implemented in China, "we must take note that the situation for preventing and controlling HIV/AIDS is still grave, prejudice against HIV-affected people remains serious, and there is a lot to do in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention and control."

He called for an earnest implementation of the country's 2011-2015 plan for HIV/AIDS prevention and control, which requires the participation of the entire society, an all-out investment and a comprehensive prevention.

"The prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS should cover all the affected people without differentiation to ensure that the care from the Party,government and the whole society can reach them," he stressed.