《国际诚信与品牌》独家专访封面人物法国前总理拉法兰

法国前总理拉法兰2018年接受《国际诚信与品牌》独家专访，并荣登2018年6月号《国际诚信与品牌》封面人物。图为拉法兰正在阅读《国际诚信与品牌》

图为拉法兰正在阅读《国际诚信与品牌》

中国国家主席习近平17日签署主席令，根据十三届全国人大常委会第十三次会议北京时间17日下午表决通过的全国人大常委会关于授予国家勋章和国家荣誉称号的决定，授予42人国家勋章、国家荣誉称号。其中曾接受《国际诚信与品牌》独家专访的法国前总理拉法兰被授予中华人民共和国国家友谊勋章。《国际诚信与品牌》总编辑叶蕙雅和欧洲分社社长寇禧Nancy Kau在中国香港和英国伦敦代表本刊第一时间向拉法兰表示祝贺！

新华社报道，根据主席令，授予于敏、申纪兰（女）、孙家栋、李延年、张富清、袁隆平、黄旭华、屠呦呦(女)“共和国勋章”。

授予劳尔·卡斯特罗·鲁斯（古巴）、玛哈扎克里·诗琳通（女，泰国）、萨利姆·艾哈迈德·萨利姆（坦桑尼亚）、加林娜·维尼阿米诺夫娜·库利科娃（女，俄罗斯）、让-皮埃尔·拉法兰（法国）、伊莎白·柯鲁克（女，加拿大）“友谊勋章”。

授予叶培建、吴文俊、南仁东（满族）、顾方舟、程开甲“人民科学家”国家荣誉称号；授予于漪（女）、卫兴华、高铭暄“人民教育家”国家荣誉称号；授予王蒙、秦怡（女）、郭兰英（女）“人民艺术家”国家荣誉称号；授予艾热提·马木提（维吾尔族）、申亮亮、麦贤得、张超“人民英雄”国家荣誉称号；授予王文教、王有德（回族）、王启民、王继才、布茹玛汗·毛勒朵（女，柯尔克孜族）、朱彦夫、李保国、都贵玛（女，蒙古族）、高德荣（独龙族）“人民楷模”国家荣誉称号；授予热地（藏族）“民族团结杰出贡献者”国家荣誉称号；授予董建华“‘一国两制’杰出贡献者”国家荣誉称号；授予李道豫“外交工作杰出贡献者”国家荣誉称号；授予樊锦诗(女)“文物保护杰出贡献者”国家荣誉称号。

President signs decree to recognize individuals ahead of country's 70th anniversary on Oct. 1

President Xi Jinping signed a presidential decree on Tuesday to award 42 individuals the Medal of the Republic, the Friendship Medal and national honorary titles for their outstanding contributions to the nation's development as the People's Republic of China prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary.

The presidential decree came after the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, adopted a decision on conferring national medals and honorary titles at a special session on Tuesday.

Granting the highest state honors to role models is conducive to building a stronger sense of national identity among the people, promoting core socialist values and fostering a readiness to respond to the call of the times, the legislature noted.

The selection of award winners began earlier this year and the nominations were open to the solicitation of public opinion from Aug 27 to Sept 2.

The Medal of the Republic is conferred on prominent figures who have made great contributions and achievements to the building of socialism with Chinese characteristics and in defending the State, according to China's national honor system.

The Friendship Medal, the highest honor in China for foreigners, is conferred on non-Chinese who have made great contributions to China's socialist modernization, promoted exchanges and cooperation between China and foreign countries and safeguarded world peace.

National honorary titles are given to prominent figures who have made great contributions and have recognized success in various fields including economics, national defense, diplomacy and education.

Scientist Tu Youyou, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for the discovery of artemisinin, was awarded a Medal of the Republic together with seven other role models. These include Zhang Fuqing, a 94-year-old war hero who served as a soldier in the People's Liberation Army during the War of Liberation (1946-49) and Yuan Longping, an agricultural expert who is also called the "father of hybrid rice".

Six foreigners were awarded the Friendship Medal: former Cuban president Raul Modesto Castro Ruz, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, former Tanzanian prime minister Salim Ahmed Salim, first Vice-President of the Russia-China Friendship Association Galina Kulikova, former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Canadian educator Isabel Crook.

Another 28 figures were awarded national honorary titles. They include Tung Chee-hwa, the first chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Nan Rendong, chief engineer of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, was posthumously awarded.