Beijing will build AIDS prevention and control network, covering the entire municipality, said Vice Mayor Niu Youcheng over the weekend at the 2005 municipal health work conference.

The three grade network includes the municipal and district disease prevention and control mechanisms, the community health service centers and the sanitation stations in townships and villages.

The Municipal Health Bureau Director Jin Dapeng said Beijing will prioritize the building and reconstruction of 1,486 sanitation stations in the rural areas.

At the same time, Beijing will intensify AIDS-related education in eleven districts and counties, together with 20 communities this year.

The official said all the second level and top level hospitals in Beijing are ordered to establish HIV virus checking center.

The government will also continue to increase auto condom vending machines in public places, methadone treatments and needle exchange services, Jin said.

(Xinhua News Agency May 29, 2005)