Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, presented the July 1 Medal, the Party's highest honor, to outstanding Party members in Beijing on Wednesday morning.
Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, helped the awardees put on the medals and shook hands with them at a ceremony in the Great Hall of the People. The event was part of the celebrations marking the CPC's 105th founding anniversary.
Eight people have been awarded the medal this year.
They are:
Ma Shanxiang, a retired official rehired to lead a mediation center in Chongqing, southwest China. Ma has spent more than three decades resolving disputes for the masses and serving local communities;
Wang Yuchang, a veteran who twice shot down intruding high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and has made outstanding contribution during his service in the Chinese People's Liberation Army;
Li Liancheng, a village Party secretary who has dedicated his life to poverty alleviation and rural revitalization efforts;
Uhas Sulayman, a doctor who has made outstanding contribution to promoting health care development and ethnic unity in China's frontier areas;
Wu Yaqin, a community Party chief who has dedicated herself to improving grassroots-level governance and training community workers for 30 years;
Zhao Yafu, an agricultural expert committed to China's agricultural modernization efforts for more than six decades;
Zhong Jue, an outstanding engineer who has made great contribution to equipment development for major national projects;
Chen Junwu, a prominent academician who dedicated his entire life to the development of China's petroleum and petrochemical industry.
Seven of the honorees attended the ceremony in person to receive the award. Chen, who passed away in 2024, was honored posthumously.
Xi confers July 1 Medal on model CPC members
Xi confers July 1 Medal on model CPC members
Safeguarding the happiness of every household and bringing the warmth of the Party to the people is the mission of every community worker, said Wu Yaqin after receiving the July 1 Medal, the highest honor in the Communist Party of China (CPC), in Beijing on Wednesday.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, presented the medal to Wu at a grand ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing. The event was part of the celebrations marking the CPC's 105th founding anniversary.
Wu hailed the medal as a supreme honor in her speech at the ceremony.
"General Secretary Xi awarded us the July 1 Medal, a supreme honor. This honor belongs to every CPC member working on all fronts," said Wu.
Wu also said every community worker should bear in mind Xi's instructions on community governance and strive to provide sincere service and assistance.
"The needs of the community are the direction of our efforts. We always bear in mind General Secretary Xi's important instruction that community governance can only be strengthened, not weakened. We uphold the service concept that residents are our family members, striving to provide services that truly touch their hearts," said Wu.
"We offer services such as meal and medicine delivery to the elderly, building a 10-minute elderly assistance service circle to meet the diverse needs of senior citizens. We have established a happiness cooperative, conducting practical skills training, bridging gaps and expanding channels to help residents start businesses and find employment. We have also founded a youth home, providing free tutoring, raising funds from various sources to help more than 100 underprivileged students realize their university dreams," she said.
Wu and seven other model Party members have been honored with the medal this year, after the CPC awarded it to excellent CPC members for the first time in 2021 to celebrate its centenary.
The medal, which features red, gold and white as its main colors, adopts key elements such as the Party emblem and the five-pointed star.
Safeguarding happiness, bringing warmth to every household: July 1 Medal recipient
