42 significant contributors honored medals and titles
Friendship Medal:
Raul Modesto Castro Ruz, former Cuban president, born June 3, 1931
In 2008, Raul Castro was officially elected president of the State Council. In April 2011, the sixth congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, or PCC, elected Castro as first secretary of the party. In April 2016, the seventh PCC congress reelected Castro as first secretary of the party. In April 2018, he finished two terms as Cuba's president.
Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, princess of Thailand, born April 1955
Starting from 1981, the princess has visited China many times, traveling to many places across the country, such as Sichuan province, and offering donations to earthquake victims in Yunnan province. She has accomplished a lot in exchanges among the two countries in the fields of culture, education, and science and technology.
- China tightens supervision of addictive drugs to curb abuse
- Tianjin surgeon impresses foreign delegation with 40-minute procedure
- Forum explores integration of copyright protection with accessible reading services
- Beijing-Xiong'an express rail link enters testing and commissioning phase
- Beijing museum to display 800 Latin American relics starting May
- Parainfluenza cases increase in China, young children most affected: China CDC
