Peng Liyuan, wife of President Xi Jinping, called for more cooperation between China and Panama on AIDS prevention and women's and children's issues in a meeting on Monday with Lorena Castillo de Varela, wife of Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela.

Peng, who was in Panama City, Panama, accompanying Xi for a state visit to the Central American country, said the Chinese government attaches great importance to the prevention and control of AIDS and has devoted tremendous effort and achieved significant results.

China holds Panama's efforts in high regard, Peng said. She is the World Health Organization's goodwill ambassador for combating tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.