Announcement on the nominees for the "August 1st Medal"
Du Fuguo, male, Han nationality, born in Meitan, Guizhou Province, was born in November 1991 and joined the army in December 2010. He is currently a first sergeant of a mine-sweeping and explosive-removal brigade of the Southern Theater Command.
Qian Qihu, male, Han nationality, from Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, born in October 1937, enlisted in the army in August 1954, former professor of the State Key Laboratory of Explosion Shock Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, School of National Defense Engineering, PLA University of Science and Technology, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Nie Haisheng, male, Han nationality, from Zaoyang, Hubei Province, born in September 1964, enlisted in the army in June 1983, is currently a super astronaut of the PLA Astronaut Brigade.
With the approval of Xi Jinping, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the Central Military Commission will select and award the "August 1 Medal".
According to the unified deployment of the Central Military Commission, after being nominated and recommended by the Party committees of various departments of the Central Military Commission and major units, the Political Work Department of the Military Commission organized qualification review and assessment, and recently three nominees have been selected.
According to the selection regulations, the "Liberation Army Daily" now publicizes the deeds of the nominees and accepts extensive supervision. The publicity time is from June 27 to July 1, 2022.
If you have any comments on the nominees, please report them during the announcement period.
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(Mailing address: Organization Bureau, Political Work Department, Central Military Commission, No. 1 Aimin Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, Postal Code: 100034; Tel: 010-66736372)
Du Fuguo, male, Han nationality, born in Meitan, Guizhou Province, was born in November 1991 and joined the army in December 2010. He is currently a first sergeant of a mine-sweeping and explosive-removal brigade of the Southern Theater Command.
Comrade Du Fuguo's publicity materials
Du Fuguo, male, Han nationality, born in Meitan, Guizhou Province, was born in November 1991 and joined the army in December 2010. He is currently a first sergeant of a mine-sweeping and explosive-removal brigade of the Southern Theater Command.
He is a loyal and fearless demining hero.
In June 2015, Ying took the initiative to participate in the mine clearance mission on the Sino-Vietnamese border, and worked hard to master more than 10 types of mine clearance methods. Over the past three years, he has entered and exited the minefield more than 1,000 times, cleared more than 2,400 mines and explosives, and dealt with more than 20 types of dangerous situations.
On October 11, 2018, during demining operations at the Bazi minefield on the west side of Laoshan, Malipo County, Yunnan Province, facing a weighted grenade partially exposed to the ground, he shouted to his comrades in the same group, "You step back and let me come. ”, when the situation was further investigated, he suddenly encountered an explosion. At the moment of life and death, he rushed to the side of his comrade-in-arms, blocking the blast shock wave and shrapnel, and he lost both hands and eyes forever.
After being injured, Du Fuguo has undergone several operations, leaving nearly 70 scars on his body, but he always maintains an optimistic and high-spirited state. He insists on practicing broadcasting every day, becoming the announcer of the army's WeChat public account in the war zone, and serving as an off-campus counselor of the Chongqing Special Education Center. He went to Peking University and other military and civilian units to preach more than 30 times, telling the story of a strong army and inspiring more dream chasers in the new era to move forward bravely.
Won the first-class merit once, was named "Character of the Year 2018 Touching China", and was commended as a national outstanding Communist Party member and a national self-improvement model.
In 2019, he was awarded the honorary title of "Mine Removal Hero Warrior" by the Central Military Commission.
Qian Qihu, male, Han nationality, from Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, born in October 1937, enlisted in the army in August 1954, former professor of the State Key Laboratory of Explosion Shock Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, School of National Defense Engineering, PLA University of Science and Technology, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Comrade Qian Qihu's publicity materials
Qian Qihu, male, Han nationality, from Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, born in October 1937, enlisted in the army in August 1954, former professor of the State Key Laboratory of Explosion Shock Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, School of National Defense Engineering, PLA University of Science and Technology, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
He is a protection engineering expert who strengthens the army with science and technology and casts a shield for the country. He is the founder of modern protection engineering theory and the founder of the discipline of protection engineering.
In the 1960s, he graduated from a foreign military engineering college with honors. With the firm belief of the party serving the country, he returned to China to devote himself to the construction of modern protection engineering.
For more than 50 years, he has bravely climbed the peak of science and technology, established academic theories and technical systems from shallow buried engineering to deep buried engineering protection, from single engineering to engineering system protection, from conventional resistance to ultra-high resistance protection, and formulated my country's first civil air defense project. Protection standards, the establishment of my country's protection engineering talent training system, to solve a series of key technical problems in nuclear and conventional weapons engineering protection, and make great contributions to the development of my country's protection engineering.
He has won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the first prize of the Military Science and Technology Progress Award, etc., and won the highest national science and technology award.
After retirement, he is still active at the forefront of the national strategic protection project construction, actively providing suggestions for the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway and the Bohai Bay undersea tunnel demonstration, donating all the 8 million yuan of the state's highest science and technology award to poor students, and donating 6.5 million yuan to support the fight in Wuhan COVID-19 outbreak.
Won the first-class merit 1 time and the third-class merit 2 times, and was commended as a national outstanding Communist Party member and a national moral model.
Nie Haisheng, male, Han nationality, from Zaoyang, Hubei Province, born in September 1964, enlisted in the army in June 1983, is currently a super astronaut of the Astronaut Brigade of the People's Liberation Army.
Comrade Nie Haisheng's publicity materials
Nie Haisheng, male, Han nationality, from Zaoyang, Hubei Province, born in September 1964, enlisted in the army in June 1983, is currently a super astronaut of the PLA Astronaut Brigade.
He is a heroic astronaut who is dedicated to serving the country and making three patrols in space.
In 1998, he was selected as the first batch of astronauts in my country. After years of hard training, he successfully completed the training tasks of hundreds of subjects in eight categories, including basic theory, professional technology, and mission simulation, and passed various assessments with excellent results.
In October 2005, he carried out the Shenzhou 6 manned flight mission, and cooperated closely with the astronauts in the same crew to achieve a major leap from "one person for one day" to "many people for multiple days" spaceflight; in June 2013, the implementation of Shenzhou 10 No. 1 manned flight mission and served as commander, successfully achieved automatic and manual control rendezvous with the Tiangong-1 target aircraft; Successfully completed the autonomous and rapid rendezvous and docking mission with the Tianhe core module, stayed in orbit for 3 months, carefully organized two exit activities from the space station, and effectively tested the functional performance of my country's new generation of extravehicular spacesuits and the collaborative work of astronauts and robotic arms. The ability for the Chinese to enter their own space station for the first time and become the first Chinese astronaut to be in orbit for 100 days.
He is only dedicated to flying, and has always written his infinite loyalty to the party with the magnificent track of traveling in space. He is the representative of countless strivers and climbers in China's aerospace industry in the new era.
He has won the second-class merit twice and the third-class merit twice. In 2005, he was awarded the honorary title of "Heroic Astronaut" by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council and the Central Military Commission, and was awarded the "First-Class Aerospace Merit Medal".