Zhu De served as commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Vice-Chairman of the People's Central Government, Chinese Vice-President and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
Peng Dehuai was conferred the military rank of marshal in 1955.
Lin Biao was conferred the military rank of marshal in 1955.
He Long was conferred the military rank of marshal in 1955.
Liu Bocheng was conferred the rank of marshal in 1955. Liu was born in Sichuan province on December 4, 1892 and passed away in Beijing on October 7, 1986.
Chen Yi was conferred the military rank of marshal in 1955.
Luo Ronghuan was conferred the military rank of marshal in 1955.
The Central Military Commission (CMC) held a ceremony to confer the honorary title of "Heroic Test Pilot" on Li Zhonghua in Beijing on July 23, 2007.
Li Xiangqun was born in Dongshan town of Xiuying district, Haikou city, in 1978. He joined the army in 1996 and the Communist Party of China in August 1998, with a military rank of Private, First Class.
During the Shangganling Battle of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in October 1952, Huang blocked enemy's loopholes setting off flames inside the blockhouse with his chest for the sake of rapidly eliminating the central firepower of the enemy and seizing the No.0 position, thus sacrificing his life bravely.
Dong Cunrui was born in Huailai county, Hebei province, in 1929. He joined the Eighth Route Army in July 1945 and later was appointed to be a squad leader of a unit.
Lei Feng was a great Communist fighter and a model of serving people wholeheartedly. He was born in a poor peasant family in Wangcheng county, Hunan province and became an orphan at the age of 7.