42 significant contributors honored medals and titles
Zhu Yanfu, combat hero and village leader, born July 1933
Zhu is a combat hero who featured prominently in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. After Zhu lost limbs and left eye on the battlefield, he returned to his hometown in East China's Shandong province. Despite his physical disabilities, he has worked as the village Party secretary for 25 years, during which time he's made great efforts to improve villagers' lives and lift them from poverty.
Li Baoguo, agriculturist, born February 1958, died April 2016
Li was an agriculturist who devoted himself to the research and application of agricultural technologies. He developed a number of crop-growing techniques, and established over a dozen advanced models for the development and management of mountainous regions, which greatly improved villagers' lives.
