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xinhua news agency, beijing, september 10 (reporter mei changwei) the shenzhou 16 and shenzhou 17 astronauts' title awarding ceremony was held in beijing on the 10th. on behalf of president xi jinping and the central military commission, zhang youxia, member of the political bureau of the cpc central committee and vice chairman of the central military commission, expressed warm congratulations to the six astronauts who were awarded and extended sincere greetings to all comrades on the aerospace front.

the award ceremony began with the solemn national anthem of the people's republic of china. the decision made by the cpc central committee, the state council and the central military commission to award honorary titles and medals of merit to six astronauts was read out at the ceremony. zhang youxia presented medal certificates to the commended shenzhou 16 astronauts jing haipeng, zhu yangzhu and gui haichao, and shenzhou 17 astronauts tang hongbo, tang shengjie and jiang xinlin. the ceremony ended with the loud military anthem of the chinese people's liberation army. leaders of relevant departments of the military commission, officers and soldiers of the military aerospace forces, and representatives of the aerospace research and test front attended the ceremony.

the central committee of the communist party of china, the state council, and the central military commission made decisions in april and july 2024, respectively, to award jing haipeng the "special class space merit medal", to award zhu yangzhu and gui haichao the honorary title of "hero astronaut" and the "third class space merit medal"; to award tang hongbo the "second class space merit medal", and to award tang shengjie and jiang xinlin the honorary title of "hero astronaut" and the "third class space merit medal".