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Navy pilot Zhang Chao, a hero pursuing to fly higher and farther
In 2016, China's Central Military Commission (CMC) posthumously bestowed Zhang Chao an honorary title and added him to the list of PLA model heroes whose portraits are widely hung in barracks of the PLA's company-level troop units in 2018.
2021-09-29 09:59 -
Yang Yegong: Role-model commander faithfully fulfilling the mission
In 1995, in a major military exercise conducted at the sea area off southeast China, this new-type missile unit with operational capabilities staged a missile-launching drill as ordered and achieved a record of no missing in six launches. For commending his significant role in the drill, Yang was awarded a second-class merit citation.
2021-08-17 15:26 -
Wang Wei: a heroic guardian of China's territorial airspace and waters
On April 1, 2001, a US military reconnaissance aircraft entered the airspace over China’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Wang Wei piloted his fighter upon order to track and monitor it. During the flight, the American aircraft, defying repeated warnings, suddenly changed direction and collided with Wang’s fighter jet. Failing to save the fighter jet, Wang had no choice but to parachute into the sea.
2021-08-04 17:20 -
Li Xiangqun: working till last minute in fighting against flood
Li Xiangqun was born in a well-off family in Qiongshan district of Haikou, capital city of South China's Hainan province. In December 1996, he joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and served in the 9th Company of an infantry regiment under the former PLA Guangzhou Military Area Command (2nd Company, 1st Battalion of an infantry brigade of the 75th Group Army under the PLA Southern Theater Command today).
2021-07-29 14:53 -
Su Ning, a model cadre dedicated to defense modernization
Su Ning was born in Nanjing, the capital city of east China's Jiangsu province, in December 1953. He got enlisted in the army in February 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in March 1973.
2021-07-20 12:24 -
Mai Xiande: People's combat hero of iron will
On September 17, 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a presidential decree to confer national medals and national honorary titles of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on dozens of individuals, in which Mai Xiande was awarded the national honorary title of "the people's hero".
2021-07-13 17:37 -
"The Good 8th Company on Nanjing Road": Resist erosion and keep clean
On April 25, 1963, the 8th Company was awarded the honorary title of "Good 8th Company on Nanjing Road" by China's Ministry of National Defense. Over the past few decades, its fine traditions of resisting erosion, keeping clean and thrift, serving people wholeheartedly and working hard unremittingly have never changed.
2021-12-06 16:48 -
Lei Feng: Devote short life to endless cause of serving people
Lei Feng is one of the ten model heroes of the PLA whose portraits are widely hung in the clubs, military history halls, cultural activity centers and galleries in barracks of the PLA’s company-level troop units.
2021-07-09 15:18 -
Soldier's heroism, national commitment recognized
Wang Zhanshan, a decorated retired officer of the People's Liberation Army, said that he very much misses the comrades he fought alongside in fierce battles and who sacrificed their lives for victory.
2021-07-07 11:34 -
Veteran composer recognized for revolutionary composition
"I wrote many pieces for movies, which enabled me to tell stories through music. Music is a great way of doing that, and a way to deliver messages directly to the heart. The stories I tell with my work are about the country and its people, which I am proud of," he said.
2021-07-06 10:45 -
The power of faith
The Memorial of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China has a group of docents from the 10th Squadron. Their upright posture, stentorian voice and high spirit always make them eye-catching figures among the crowds.
2021-07-05 22:44 -
Principal devoted to higher education for girls
With fingers and wrists wrapped in medicated tape, Zhang Guimei, founder and principal of the first free high school for girls in China, was presented with the July 1 Medal by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Tuesday.
2021-07-02 09:28 -
Recipients of CPC's highest honor
The award ceremony of the July 1 Medal, the highest honor in the Communist Party of China (CPC), was held Tuesday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
2021-06-29 21:33 -
The Party Profile - Teacher Zhang Guimei
Zhang Guimei, who has spent her entire career providing free education to girls in remote rural areas of Yunnan Province, embodies how the spirit of being a CPC member is passed through generations.
2021-06-29 20:21 -
People's writer Liu Qing | Stories shared by Xi Jinping
Chinese contemporary writer Liu Qing was famous for his epic novel, Builders of a New Life. The book is based on his 14-year rural life in Huangfu Village in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. His deeds have been shared by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
2021-06-28 20:47 -
Grassroots CPC members win hearts with commitment, dedication
From 2013 to 2020, more than 3 million first Party secretaries and resident working team members were selected and dispatched to carry out targeted poverty alleviation nationwide.
2021-06-28 17:22 -
Qiu Shaoyun: A great fighter who sacrificed himself for the whole and final victory
Qiu Shaoyun was born in 1931 in Tongliang County, Sichuan Province. He joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army in December 1949 and in March 1951, joined the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (CPV) to fight in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. On the way to the front line with the troops, he braved the strafing and bombing of US military aircrafts and saved a Korean child from a burning house.
2021-06-28 16:03 -
Huang Jiguang, a CPV member blocking the enemy's bullet hole with his body
Huang Jiguang was born in a poor farmer's family in 1931 in Zhongjiang County, Sichuan Province. He joined the Chinese People’s Volunteers in March 1951.
2021-06-28 16:01 -
Mao Anying, forging ahead courageously and against all odds
Mao Anying, the eldest son of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, sacrificed his life with bravery in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea on November 25, 1950.
2021-06-29 18:22 -
Dong Cunrui: accomplishing arduous tasks assigned by the Party is most honorable
The memorial park for martyr Dong Cunrui, a model member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and renowned national combat hero is located on the east bank of Yixun River in Longhua county, Hebei province.
2021-06-28 15:40 -
Zhang Side: an ordinary hero serving the people
Zhang Side was born in a poor rural family in Yilong county, Sichuan province in 1915. He joined the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army and the Communist Youth League of China in 1933.
2021-06-28 15:34 -
101-year-old ophthalmologist's undying passion for public service
At 101, ophthalmologist Zhang Xiaofang continues to treat patients with an unwavering spirit as people queue up at his clinic in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province.
2021-05-28 20:15