HIV/AIDS entry ban set to be lifted

Current laws will be changed to lift the ban on foreigners with HIV/AIDS entering the country, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health said yesterday.

Mao Qun'an attributed the change of attitude toward the disease to "the gradual process" China has gone through in understanding the disease, its transmission routes and risks of infection.

He said the law is being revised but did not reveal when it would take effect.