Xi confers highest state honors on individuals ahead of National Day

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers a speech at the presentation ceremony of the national medals and honorary titles of the People's Republic of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 29, 2019. Xi presented the medals to the awardees before the speech. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)