The development of a unified web-based HIV/AIDS information platform hosting eight subsystems is a
milestone in Chinese HIV/AIDS information management.CRIMS has improved the efficiency of data collection, reporting, analysis and use, as well as data accuracy and security, and the usefulness of information generated from the platform. It ensures that relevant, timely and accurate data are available to national program leaders and managers at each
level of the health-care system, and it ensures that the national program is able to meet the reporting requirements of donor projects and international agreements. This integration of AIDS information systems may also be a model for other countries.