Xiao said adequate social support could help ease mental health issues faced by sufferers.

Zhao, at the National Center for AIDS and STD Control, said early detection can go a long way in preventing mental health problems.

Xiao agreed, but conceded that China has been relatively late in undertaking such work and lacks psychologists specializing in HIV or AIDS.

About the broadcaster:

Emily Cheng is an editor at China Daily. She was born in Sydney, Australia and graduated from the University of Sydney with a degree in Media, English Literature and Politics. She has worked in the media industry since starting university and this is the third time she has settled abroad - she interned with a magazine in Hong Kong 2007 and studied at the University of Leeds in 2009.

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