On the morning of June 29, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met in Beijing with outstanding Party secretaries of county-level CPC committees selected from across China.

Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, extended greetings and congratulations to the awardees and took group photos together.

Also present were Ding Xuexiang, director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, and Chen Xi, head of the CPC Central Committee's Organization Department, both of whom are members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

Approved by the CPC Central Committee, 103 county-level Party secretaries received awards honoring their remarkable achievements on their posts.

Zhou Bin, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Changzhou Municipal Committee and secretary of the CPC Xinbei District Committee, received the award in Beijing.