China to bestow honors on 75th anniversary

China will award Medals of the Republic and national honorary titles, the highest State honors, to some eminent people to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Oct 1, according to an official statement issued on Monday.

The move aims to honor their outstanding contributions to the country's development, it said.

A proposed list of recipients has also been released, featuring four nominees for Medals of the Republic and 10 for national honorary titles.

The nominees for Medals of the Republic include late missile and rocket expert Wang Yongzhi, a pioneer of China's manned space program; renowned medical scientist Wang Zhenyi; wheat breeding and agricultural strategy expert Li Zhensheng; and veteran war hero Huang Zongde.

The proposed list for national honorary titles includes the late renowned radar expert Wang Xiaomo, prominent jurist Zhang Jinfan, and the late distinguished strategic scientist and geophysicist Huang Danian, among others.

Members of the public can share their views on the proposed recipients until Friday, the statement said.

Xinhua