Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), presides over a session of the 13th NPC Standing Committee in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 17, 2019. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday signed a presidential decree to award 42 Chinese and foreign individuals national medals and honorary titles. The conferring of the Medal of the Republic, the Friendship Medal and national honorary titles, with some to posthumous awardees, was endorsed by the NPC Standing Committee, the top legislature, at a special session on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)
BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, adopted a decision on conferring national medals and honorary titles at its closing session on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the decision, the Medal of the Republic, the Friendship Medal and national honorary titles are awarded to 42 outstanding individuals for their contributions to the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the PRC celebrates its 70th founding anniversary this year.
