Movie superstar Pu Cunxin has become the first spokesperson for Shenzhen's HIV/AIDS campaign, the municipal center for disease prevention and control (CDC) said yesterday. 銆
Pu features in four sets of print and TV ads for AIDS awareness which will be seen in Shenzhen soon. He is presently the nation's HIV/AIDS Prevention spokesman but this is the first time he's taken on the role for an individual city. 銆
Pu, wearing a red ribbon, the international symbol of the fight against AIDS, plays basketball to promote a healthy lifestyle and advises people against drug abuse in one set of ads. In others he's a young man learning about HIV/AIDS through a laptop, a worker wearing a safety helmet symbolizing a condom and a policeman preventing improper behavior. 銆銆
"Shenzhen is a young city and young people should play a more important role in preventing AIDS. I'm glad that I can do something for the AIDS prevention campaign in Shenzhen," said Pu after receiving a letter of appointment from Cheng Jinquan, director of Shenzhen CDC. 銆銆
Cheng said China's AIDS prevention campaign had entered a critical stage and Shenzhen was no exception. "The recruitment of Pu Cunxin (in the campaign) will greatly boost AIDS awareness in the city," added Cheng. 銆
Shenzhen faces a tough task preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS with a huge floating migrant population. Since it reported its first HIV case in 1992 Shenzhen now has 1,689 HIV patients. Of these 329 developed into full-blown AIDS by June 30, 2006. Last year the city reported one HIV/AIDS patient for every 20,000 people. 銆
(Shenzhen Daily November 23, 2006)銆