Order of Bayi

Order of Bayi Bayi Order
Awarded by Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Country	People's Republic of China
Type	Chinese military medal
Eligibility	Military personnel only
Statistics
Established	1955
First awarded	1955
Last awarded	1955
Total awarded	47 (First Class Medal) 1,467 (Second Class Medal) 5,339 (Third Class Medal)

Order of Bayi
Traditional Chinese	八一勳章
Simplified Chinese	八一勋章
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bāyī Xūnzhāng

Order of Bayi or Bayi Order (Chinese: 八一勋章; pinyin: Bā Yī Xūn Zhāng) was a Chinese military award awarded to heroes of the Liberation of China during the First Chinese Civil War. There are three grades: First Class Medal, Second Class Medal, and Third Class Medal.

Pattern

Service Ribbon

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  1st Class

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  2nd Class

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  3rd Class

Notable recipients

• Ten Marshals: Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, Lin Biao, Liu Bocheng, He Long, Chen Yi, Luo Ronghuan, Xu Xiangqian, Nie Rongzhen, Ye Jianying.
• Ten Senior Generals: Su Yu, Xu Haidong, Huang Kecheng, Chen Geng, Tan Zheng, Xiao Jinguang, Zhang Yunyi, Luo Ruiqing, Wang Shusheng, Xu Guangda.
• General officer: Song Renqiong, Wang Zhen, Xu Shiyou, etc.
• Lieutenant general: Kong Qingde, Wang Jinshan, Wang Shangrong, etc.
• Major general: Han Dongshan, Jin Rubai, Sun Chaoqun, etc.
• Senior colonel: Zhou Shiyuan, Luo Houfu, and Xing Shixiu.
• Soldiers: Feng Baiju, Feng Zhongyun, Li Yanlu, and Zhou Baozhong.