Orders, decorations, and medals of China

Of the People's Republic of China national honor system due to various political reasons so far is still not perfect, in a blank state, and Switzerland, Andorra, and tied for the world a few failed to set up the national orders of national.

The following is a list of the orders and medals issued by the People's Republic of China since its founding.

27 December 2015, the 18th meeting of the Standing Committee of the second session of the National People's Congress by the "National Medal and national honorary title of law", China makes up the blank of the national order of merit of the honor system.

Government of the People's Republic of China

Order

Name	Name (Chinese)	Ribbon	Rank	Date of establishment	Present situation
Order of Republic	共和国勋章			2016-01-01	Still issued
Order of Friendship	友谊勋章			2016-01-01	Still issued
Order of Sino-Soviet Friendship	中苏友谊万岁勋章			1951	No longer issued
Order of Bayi	八一勋章		1	1955-02-12	No longer issued
			2
			3
Order of Independence and Freedom	独立自由勋章		1	1955-02-12	No longer issued
			2
			3
Order of Liberation	解放勋章		1	1955-02-12	No longer issued
			2
			3

Medal

Name	Name (Chinese)	Ribbon	Date of establishment	Present situation
Aerospace Meritorious Service Medal	航天功勋奖章	None	2003-11-01	Still issued
Medal of Bayi	八一奖章		1955-02-12	No longer issued
Medal of Independence and Freedom	独立自由奖章		1955-02-12	No longer issued
Medal of Liberation	解放奖章		1955-02-12	No longer issued
Two Bombs Meritorious Service Medal	两弹一星功勋奖章	None	1999-09-18	No longer issued
60th anniversary of Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War Victory Medal	中国人民抗日战争胜利60周年纪念章	None	2005-09-02	No longer issued
70th anniversary of Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War Victory Medal	中国人民抗日战争胜利70周年纪念章	None	2015-09-02	No longer issued

People's Liberation Army

Order

Name	Name (Chinese)	Ribbon	Rank	Date of establishment	Present situation
Order of Hero	英雄模范勋章		1	1979-03-23	Still issued
			2
Order of The Red Star Merit	红星功勋荣誉章		1	1988-07-01	No longer issued
			2
Order of The Independent Merit	独立功勋荣誉章			1988-07-01	No longer issued
Order of The Victory Merit	胜利功勋荣誉章			1988-07-01	No longer issued

Medal

Name	Name (Chinese)	Ribbon	Rank	Date of establishment	Present situation
Meritorious Service Medal	立功奖章		1	1979-03-23	Still issued
			2
			3
Good Soldier Medal	优秀士兵证章	None		1996-08-01	Still issued
Good Student Medal	优秀学员证章	None		1996-08-01	Still issued
National Defense Service Medal	国防服役纪念章		Gold	2011-08-01	Still issued
			Silver
			Copper
Defending the frontiers Medal	卫国戍边纪念章		Gold	2011-08-01	Still issued
			Silver
			Copper
Devoted to National Defense Medal	献身国防纪念章		Gold	2011-08-01	Still issued
			Silver
			Copper
Peace Mission Medal	和平使命纪念章			2011-08-01	Still issued
Perform Major Tasks Medal	执行重大任务纪念章		Combat Mission	2011-08-01	Still issued
			Major Task