Order of Republic (China)

Order of Republic 共和国勋章
Awarded by the People's Republic of China
Type	Order
Eligibility	Ambiguous; military and civilian
Awarded for	Awarded for great contributions to the defending of the country and outstanding service to Chinese society
Status	Active
Sovereign	President of the People's Republic of China
Statistics
First induction	2016
Total inductees	Unknown
Precedence
Same	Order of Friendship

The Order of Republic (Chinese: 共和国勋章, pinyin: gònghéguó xūnzhāng) is the People's Republic of China's highest order of honour. On December 27th, 2015, the National People's Congress passed a law establishing two national orders, the Order of Republic and the Order of Friendship, constituted on January 1st, 2016. It is unknown whether the Order of Republic can be awarded to foreigners or not, but the Order of Friendship is exclusively reserved for foreigners.

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