A total of 3,077 new cases of HIV infection took place in colleges and universities across China in 2017, according to the National Health Commission (NHC) at a press conference on Friday.

　　根据国家卫生委员会周五的新闻发布会，2017年中国各高校共发生3077例新的艾滋病毒感染病例。

　　Homosexual behavior is responsible for 81.8 percent of the new cases, added the NHC, due to students’ "poor awareness of protection, despite their high awareness of the disease."

　　国家卫生委员会补充说，81.8%的新病例是同性恋行为造成的，这是由于学生“尽管对疾病有很高的认识，但对保护的意识不强”。

　　"The rate of college students who have had sexual experiences using condoms is less than 40 percent," said Han Mengjie, director of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

　　中国疾病预防控制中心主任韩孟杰说：“大学生使用安全套的比例不到40%。”

　　Han emphasized that the risk of infection still remains because college students, who are sexually active, might have unprotected sex because they are susceptible to external influences.

　　韩孟杰强调，感染的风险仍然存在，因为性活跃的大学生可能会发生无保护的性行为，因为他们容易受到外部影响。

　　Fifty-two colleges and universities across 11 provinces in China are equipped with vending machines that sell AIDS detection reagent for students to conduct self-examinations.

　　全国11个省的52所高校配备了自动售货机，出售艾滋病检测试剂，供学生自查。

　　China has been making progress in terms of prevention and control of AIDS, said Wang Bin, an NHC official in charge of disease prevention, during the Friday press conference.

　　在周五的新闻发布会上，中国国家卫生委员会负责疾病预防的官员王斌说，中国在预防和控制艾滋病方面取得了进展。

　　The spread of HIV through drug injections has been effectively controlled. In 2017, the number of people infected through drug abuse was 44.5 percent lower than that in 2012.

　　通过药物注射传播艾滋病毒的情况已得到有效控制。2017年，吸毒感染人数比2012年下降44.5%。

　　The mother-to-child transmission rate also reached its historically low point last year, dropping from 7.1 percent in 2012 to 4.9 percent in 2017, Wang said.

　　王斌说，去年母婴传播率也达到了历史最低点，从2012年的7.1%下降到2017年的4.9%。

　　The infection rate of AIDS in China is about 0.09 percent, which is at a low epidemic level, according to the international standard.

　　我国艾滋病感染率约为0.09%，按照国际标准，处于较低的传染水平。

　　However, despite the low infection rate, the absolute number of infection cases is still very large due to the huge population base of China, said Wu Zunyong, director of the National Center for AIDS/STI Control and Prevention at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

　　然而，尽管感染率很低，但由于中国庞大的人口基础，感染病例的绝对数量仍然很大，中国疾病控制和预防中心国家艾滋病/性传播感染控制和预防中心主任吴遵勇说。

　　Wang said at the press conference that the NHC will put more efforts into AIDS-related education, popularizing the use of condoms and promoting self-examinations.

　　王斌在记者招待会上说，国家卫生委员会将加大对艾滋病的教育力度，普及避孕套的使用，推广自我检查。