Amount to 200 individuals and 60 groups from Hubei were commended at a meeting hailing role models in the country's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on September 8, 2020.

Zhang Dingyu, head of Wuhan's designated coronavirus-treating Jinyintan Hospital was conferred the national honorary title of"People's Hero".

Another 199 individuals, 60 groups, 28 CPC members and 21 grassroots party organizationsfrom Hubei were also commendedfor their effortsin the fight againstthe epidemic.