On this day, 29 years ago, on December 31, 1996 (November 21, 1996 in the lunar calendar),"cocktail therapy" brought life to dying AIDS patients in Thailand. "Cocktail therapy" brings life to dying AIDS patients in Thailand. In December 1996, Chinese American expert Dayi Ho achieved a breakthrough in research and treatment of AIDS and was named Time Magazine's 1996 Person of the Year. After more than 10 years of dedicated research, He Dayi pioneered "cocktail therapy", which allows patients newly infected with the virus to take a mixture of protease inhibitors and a variety of other antiviral drugs, and achieves significant curative effects. "Cocktail therapy" is a major breakthrough that offers the possibility of a cure for AIDS.