Ma Shanxiang, 69, is a retired community worker in Chongqing. Ma joined the Communist Party of China in January 1979 and devoted over 30 years to serving residents and mediating disputes. He assisted more than 20,000 people and handled over 2,500 mediation cases. His approach to community work provided valuable insights for strengthening grassroots governance, including ideological and political education.
Wang Yuchang, 90, worked as a deputy manager of a department store in Xiaoxian county, Anhui province, after serving in the military. Wang, who has been a Party member since July 1964, enlisted in the military at 18 and developed expertise in missile technology. He later improved the techniques for missile propellant refueling and assembly procedures. He also shot down two U-2 reconnaissance aircraft by employing a tactic featuring an extremely short radar activation time and lightning-fast launch procedures. For his service, he became a recipient of first-class merit and Chairman Mao Zedong received him.
Li Liancheng, 74, is Party secretary and director of the village committee of Xixinzhuang village in Puyang county, Henan province. Li joined the Party in February 1986, and pioneered a collective economy model under which "every household has shares, everyone works and every family receives dividends". He led the village's transformation from a poor flood plain community into a national civilized village and a model of rural vitalization. Li also helped neighboring villages develop and conducted over 1,000 free training sessions for rural Party officials at a dedicated training facility, involving more than 100,000 participants.
Uhas Sulayman, 70, is a former deputy chief physician at a hospital in Yumin county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. He joined the Party in November 1993 and spent decades trekking through remote mountain pastures. He traveled over 200,000 kilometers, treated more than 100,000 patients, and helped deliver over 3,200 newborns. He also established a volunteer healthcare service team and transformed his courtyard into a venue for sharing stories about healthcare development and ethnic unity in border regions.
Wu Yaqin, 65, is the first Party secretary at a community in Changchun, Jilin province. Wu joined the Party in September 1998 and has since devoted 30 years to grassroots governance. She has mediated over 1,000 disputes and developed community governance methods. She has also established a workshop, and developed more than 10 courses on community governance and Party building, which have reached nearly 30,000 grassroots governance officials.
Chen Junwu, a former consultant to the science and technology committee of China Petrochemical Corp and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, passed away in May 2024 at the age of 97. Chen joined the Party in April 1956 and devoted over 70 years to the petrochemical industry. He served as chief designer of China's first fluid catalytic cracking unit, propelling the nation's oil refining industry to the global forefront. He also tackled the global challenge of producing olefins from coal-based methanol and authored a book on China's mid — to long-term carbon emission reduction targets.
Zhao Yafu, 85, is a researcher at an organic farming cooperative in Jurong, Jiangsu province. Zhao joined the Party in February 1966 and has worked for over 60 years in hilly areas to develop modern agriculture and vitalize rural communities. He has introduced new crop varieties and farming techniques across more than 233,000 hectares, boosting farmers' incomes by over 30 billion yuan ($4.4 billion). He has put his research into practice on the land and ensured that the benefits reach farmers directly.
Zhong Jue, 89, is a professor at Central South University's College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in Hunan province and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Zhong joined the Party in January 1986 and has been engaged in research for decades — from the first Five-Year Plan (1953-57) to the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period. She has solved production bottlenecks in high-performance aluminium hot rolling and overcome multiple technological bottlenecks that had long constrained the industry, contributing to China's rise as a global leader in aluminium processing.
