Xi: Medal recipients come from people

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, delivered an important speech at the ceremony presenting the July 1 Medal to outstanding Party members in Beijing on Tuesday morning. The July 1 Medal is the highest honor in the Party.

Here are some highlights from his speech.

- The CPC has written a splendid chapter in the history of the Chinese nation's development and that of humanity's progress over the past century.