Peng Liyuan, the wife of President Xi Jinping, attends various activities promoting the prevention and treatment of AIDS in the Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Peng also learned about prevention and treatment measures for AIDS, as well as maternal and infant care, in a local health center, and she visited families affected by AIDS.
On Friday, Peng attended the opening ceremony of the Love in the Sun children's summer camp in Liangshan and danced with the children.
She later talked with representatives of college students who are volunteering their services in the prevention and treatment of AIDS.
Peng became the health ambassador for HIV/AIDS prevention for the Ministry of Health in January 2006 and the national ambassador for tuberculosis control and prevention in March 2007. In 2011, Peng was appointed as a WHO goodwill ambassador for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.