A laborer works at a condom production line at the Human-Care Latex Corporation, which is one of China's largest producers of condoms in Tianjin.

The number of reported HIV/AIDS cases in China has grown by nearly 30 percent so far this year, the Health Ministry said, warning that the virus seemed to be spreading from high-risk groups to the general public.

Workers pack condoms at a production line. Laborers work at a condom production line.

(China Daily November 25, 2006)