Liu Peng, director of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital's Cardiovascular Surgery Division, performs an operation in Beijing. Born in 1961, he joined the Party in 1981. Liu is one of the hospital's busiest surgeons, completing more than 1,000 operations in a year.Feng Yongbin / China Daily

Wu Hong, a Red Army veteran, with two members of his family at his home in Beijing. Born in 1923, he joined the Red Army in 1937 and the Party in 1938. He fought in many important battles for the People's Liberation Army, won many medals for his contribution to the PLA and retired in 1989.Wang Anmin / China Daily