Chinese President Xi Jinping presented medals on Sunday to recipients of national honorary titles ahead of the 75th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

The 10 awardees are Huang Danian, a strategic scientist and geophysicist; Zhao Zhongxian, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Wang Xiaomo, a pioneer in China's early warning aircraft development; Zhang Zhuoyuan, an influential economist; Tian Hua, a renowned actress; Bayika Kalidibek, a veteran border patrolman; Xu Zhenchao, a reform pioneer; Zhang Xielin, a senior table tennis coach; Lu Shengmei, a retired doctor; and Zhang Jinfan, a tenured and emeritus professor.

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