CHINA-LEADERSHIP: CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING CONFERS STATE HONOURS ON FOUR CHINESE DOCTORS
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top leaders gathered in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 8, to honour citizens who have contributed to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. Xinhua reported that renowned respiratory disease expert Zhong Nanshan received the Medal of the Republic, the highest state honour. Three others were conferred the honorary title of "People's Hero": Zhang Boli, a traditional Chinese medicine expert; Zhang Dingyu, head of Wuhan's designated coronavirus-treating Jinyintan Hospital; and Chen Wei, a military medical scientist. Xinhua quoted Chinese President Xi Jinping as saying “The struggle against the novel coronavirus epidemic was a great strategic achievement, which fully demonstrates the clear superiority of the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership and our country’s socialist system.”
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