The first recorded HIV case in China occurred in 1985. Today, an estimated 700,000 citizens are infected, according to a Joint Assessment of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment & Care in China published by the State Council's AIDS Working Committee Office and the U.N. Theme Group on HIV/AIDS in China.  

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