On the morning of July 1, a grand gathering celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held at the Great Hall of the People. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People’s Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, conferred the July 1 Medal on its recipients.

Xi Jinping presented the July 1 Medal to Zhong Jue.

Zhong Jue is a distinguished expert in mechanical engineering. For decades, from her youth to her advanced years, she has remained rooted in frontline scientific research. Aligning her work with major national strategies, she has overcome numerous core technologies bottlenecks that restrict industrial development, making extraordinary contributions to the advancement of mechanical engineering disciplines and industrial upgrading across China.