The "August 1st Medal" is the highest military honor decided by the Central Military Commission and awarded by the chairman of the Central Military Commission. It is awarded to military personnel who have made great contributions to safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests and promoting the modernization of national defense and the army, established outstanding meritorious deeds and had a far-reaching impact on the whole country and the army. Making contributions is the clear guidance of the new era. The general office of the Central Military Commission issued a notice to deploy the nomination work, clarifying the scope, conditions, quantity and procedures of the nomination of the "August 1st Medal". It is required to strengthen organizational leadership at all levels, carefully select and recommend, adhere to the merit orientation, strictly control the standard conditions, and truly select the models of a strong army in the new era who have made outstanding contributions and can be regarded as models. Through the selection and awarding of the "August 1st Medal", we will solidly promote the implementation and operation of the military meritorious service and honor recognition system in the new era, promote the in-depth development of meritorious service and model creation activities in the new era, and encourage the majority of officers and soldiers to make unremitting efforts to achieve the party's goal of strengthening the military in the new era and building the people's army into a world-class military in an all-round way, so as to meet the victory of the 20th CPC National Congress with practical actions. (Xinhua News Agency)