In the late 1980s and early 1990s, in an attempt to stop the spread of AIDS, the Chinese government sought a “purer” blood supply from its rural population. Burdened by agricultural taxes and rising costs of education and health care, many peasants sold blood to state and private blood-collectors. Due to lack of sanitary control, a large number of blood-sellers were infected with HIV. Starting from the mid-1990s, AIDS villages multiplied.

《中原纪事》是《关爱》系列片之一，讲述发生在今日河南农村村民感染艾滋病的感人故事，其中不仅呈现了中原农民感染的痛史，更记录了他们揭露真相、抗击疾病的勇气。