Role models feted for putting their lives on the line

A group of 17 people, including three naval technology experts who died while trying to save an experimental floating platform as typhoon Rumbia hit Dalian, Liaoning province, on Aug 20, were awarded the title of "role models of our time" on Friday.

The title was given by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

The experimental platform, a core piece of equipment for China's naval scientific research and warship technologies development, belongs to the No 760 Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, where the group works.