Senior sexologists will lecture more than 1,500 government officials and civil servants in Guangdong Province during The Fourth China Sexual Cultural Festival, which opens in Guangzhou on Saturday.

The lectures aim to promote sexual health and raise awareness of men's health problems.

A recent survey by the Guangzhou Population and Family Planning Bureau indicated that more than 50 per cent of local civil servants refuse the help of doctors and other experts when they encounter sexual problems.

As well as the lectures, special events including video shows and underwear shows will be organized to help promote sexual health and the prevention AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, during the three-day event that takes place in the exhibition halls of the Chinese Import and Export Commodities Fair.

Editor: Yan