Gold (9999.) 45,09g.; 51,1x44,8 mm.; With original ribbon; with sertificate; in original box; The Chinese Government's Friendship Award (simplified Chinese: 中国政府友谊奖 ; traditional Chinese: 中國政府友誼獎 ; pinyin: Zhōngguó Zhèngfǔ Yǒuyì Jiǎng; lit. 'Chinese Government's Friendship Award') is the People's Republic of China's highest award for "foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to the country's economic and social progress". The award was first established in 1950s, when it was awarded to experts from the former Soviet Union and East European countries by the then premier Zhou Enlai and the foreign minister Chen Yi.The friendship award was abolished with the Sino-Soviet split in the early 1960s. During the period that followed, in particular the Cultural Revolution, foreigners in China were often regarded as "spies" and very few remained in the country. After the reopening of China, a new Friendship Award was reintroduced in 1991. The medal is decorated with a picture of the Great Wall on the obverse along with the inscription "Friendship Award" in Chinese (" 友谊奖 ", on the top) and in English (on the bottom). RRR; Condition-I
