What is the highest-level medal in the Chinese military?

The highest medal of honor for Chinese military personnel is the August 1st Medal.

The Bayi Medal is the highest military honor decided by the Central Military Commission and issued by the Chairman of the Central Military Commission. It is awarded to those who have established excellence in safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests and promoting the modernization of national defense and the military. Meritorious military personnel. Generally awarded every five years. In June 2017, with the approval of the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, the Chinese Army newly established the "August 1st Medal" and organized the first selection.

Extended information:

According to the selection and awarding plan approved by the Central Military Commission, there are four selection conditions for the "August 1st Medal":

First, firm belief , be absolutely loyal to the party, have a strong political awareness, overall awareness, core awareness, and awareness of alignment, resolutely safeguard authority, safeguard the core, maintain and implement the Chairman of the Military Commission's responsibility system, and always adhere to the party with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core in ideology, politics, and actions. The Central Committee maintains a high degree of unity and resolutely obeys the command of the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and Chairman Xi;

Second, with excellent performance, it focuses on troop training and preparation, faithfully performs missions and responsibilities, and promotes the generation and improvement of combat effectiveness and the completion of operations, etc. Making outstanding contributions and establishing outstanding merits in major tasks, promoting science and technology to rejuvenate the army, and promoting the modernization of national defense and the army are the benchmarks of this system and industry;

Third, have a strong work style and model the practice of the core of socialism Values ??and core values ??of contemporary revolutionary soldiers, consciously practice the requirements of "three stricts, three solids" and "four irons", be loyal, clean and responsible, and always maintain the good image of the "four haves" of the new generation of revolutionary soldiers, especially in terms of integrity and self-discipline Excellent;

Fourth, it is recognized by the masses that it has high prestige among the officers and soldiers of the army, enjoys high praise and great influence both inside and outside the army, and can be regarded as a model of the times for faithfully fulfilling the goal of strengthening the army. In principle, the recipients of the award should have received first-class merit or above.