Chinese President Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan (C), who is the World Health Organization (WHO)'s goodwill ambassador for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, attends a publicizing activity for the prevention and cure of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in Hainan University in Haikou, South China's Hainan province, March 29, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, on Sunday attended a south China campus event promoting the prevention of AIDS and tuberculosis, alongside Zambia's First Lady Esther Lungu and US billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates.

Before the event, held in Hainan University in Haikou City, Hainan province, Peng met with Bill Gates and highly praised the health promotion efforts of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in China as well as around the globe. She encouraged further cooperation between the foundation and China in this regard.