On the occasion of the 34th World AIDS Day Wednesday, Peng Liyuan, wife of 
Chinese President Xi Jinping, sent her best wishes to students in the Linfen 
Red Ribbon School in north China's Shanxi Province, the only facility set up in 
the country specifically for youngsters living with HIV/AIDS.

Peng, also World Health Organization (WHO) Goodwill Ambassador for Tuberculosis 
and HIV/AIDS, sent her best wishes in a video message to the students in the 
school which also celebrates its 10th founding anniversary this year.

In her video message, Peng recalled the memories she shared with the students 
and faculty of the school in the past decade, and encouraged the students to 
learn from the role models around them and pass on the love they have received 
over the years.

"Ten years ago, a group of big brothers and sisters who underwent similar 
family misfortunes as yours stepped, with broken hearts, into the Red Ribbon 
School initiated by good-hearted people. Here they discarded their 
self-abasement and gained cheerful open-mindedness, as they shook off their 
weakness and fragility and grew stronger with each passing day. They got 
themselves fearless of storms, steeled for adversity, and finally made 
themselves shine," said Peng.

Thanks to the joint efforts of Communist Party of China committees and 
governments at all levels as well as numerous kind people from social 
organizations, nearly 60 students have received education and care at the 
school in the past 10 years, and a dozen of them even passed the national 
entrance examinations to go on to pursue further education at universities, 
Peng said as she recalled her visits to the students and the joyful moments she 
shared with them over the past years.

"They are the exact role models you should learn from and they are all the more 
valuable talents for the country's construction," Peng said.

Peng said she is pleased to see that love and kindness have been passed on over 
the years in the school as it continues to witness young faces come back here 
to teach and care for the children.

She said she is also glad to learn that the students enjoy a better environment 
today with multi-function classrooms and an upgraded playground built up.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdbMM28OfR4

Source: CCTV+