Here are the stories and pieces that I found noteworthy from the Wednesday, March 30, 2022, edition of the People’s Daily. Page 1: First, there’s a new notice on the awarding of medals on August 1, the 95th anniversary of the PLA. Xinhua reports: “The August 1 Medal, conferred by the CMC chairman, is the highest honour in the Chinese military. It is granted to those military personnel who have made outstanding contributions to safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests, and to advancing the modernisation of national defense and the armed forces. Priority consideration will be given to model figures who emerge on the country's great journey of strengthening its armed forces under Xi's leadership, the military authorities said. The CMC general office has issued guidelines for the medal nomination, urging military units at all levels to select model figures in the building of a world-class military in the new era.”