China aims to reduce AIDS fatalities and the number of new HIV/AIDS cases by 30 percent and 25 percent, respectively, in 2015 as compared to 2010, according to a national action plan issued on February 29.

The plan sets a target of 1.2 million people in China living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2015. At present, China has an estimated number of 780,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, including 154,000 AIDS patients.

The target awareness rate among urban and rural residents aged 15 to 60 is over 85 percent and 80 percent, respectively. It should reach over 90 percent among high-risk groups and adolescents, over 85 percent for people traveling in and out of China, migrants, and over 95 percent for prisoners, the plan says.

The coverage of high-risk group interventions should reach over 90 percent, according to the plan. Over 80 percent of pregnant women are expected to receive HIV tests, and in high-prevalence regions the ratio would top 90 percent.

The plan also says that officials' knowledge of HIV/AIDS and their record in its prevention and control will be factored into their annual performance evaluations.