From January to November this year entry/exit inspection and quarantine departments nationwide had altogether examined 11.42 million batches of goods valuing 515.6 billion US dollars, a growth of 33 percent over the same period of the previous year. Among them, goods valued as high as 15.1 billion dollars were found not living up to standards.

Along with the rapid development of economic globalization, all quarantine departments had strengthened supervision over infectious diseases, hygienic conditions and related work. During the 11 months, a total number of 1,976,400 person entering/exiting the countries received supervisory check-ups; 929,100 persons received HIV tests and 1,006,300 received vaccines. As a result 221,700 cases of diseases were founded, including 486 HIV carriers, of them 277, or 57 percent, were discovered in southwestern China's Yunnan Province.

By People's Daily Online