Medal of the Republic (TV series)

The episode on Li Yannian [zh], a soldier of the People's Volunteer Army, centers on the battlefield during the Korean War, he and his fellow soldiers retake a strategic highland and fulfill the mission.

The episode on Yu Min, a nuclear physicist, is about how he overcome obstacles and make breakthroughs in hydrogen bomb research after several months of undertaking complex calculations.

The episode on Zhang Fuqing [zh], a soldier of the People's Liberation Army, is about his distinguished service in the Chinese Civil War and his efficiency in Laifeng County after he retired from active duty.

The episode on Huang Xuhua, picks up his efforts to develop China's first nuclear submarine between 1952 and 1988.

The episode on Shen Jilan, a delegate to the National People's Congress, highlights her efforts to defend women's labor rights and advocate for the inclusion of "equal pay for equal work" between men and women in the Constitution.

The episode on Sun Jiadong, sees his efforts to develop China's first space satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, in the 1960s.

The episode on Tu Youyou, a Nobel Prize winner, focuses on her efforts to develop artemisinin in the 1970s, which is used to treat malaria.

The episode on Yuan Longping, an agronomist, is about how he develops the first hybrid rice varieties

• Wang Lei [zh] as Li Yannian [zh], a soldier of the People's Volunteer Army.

• Lei Jiayin as Yu Min, a nuclear physicist, recipient of Two Bombs, One Satellite Achievement Medal, known as the "Father of Chinese Hydrogen Bomb".
• Ni Ni as Sun Yuqin, wife of Yu Min.
• Yang Shuo as Lao Ma
• Wang Xiao [zh] as Lu Jie
• Tian Xiaojie [zh] as Lao Hao
• Shi An [zh] as Yuan Jinhong
• Bai Fan as Doctor Sun
• You Yong as Deputy Minister
• Hu Ke as Yu Su

• Guo Tao as Zhang Fuqing [zh], a soldier of the People's Liberation Army.
• Sun Qian as Sun Yulan, wife of Zhang Fuqing.
• Ding Yongdai [zh] as Peng Dehuai

• Huang Xiaoming as Huang Xuhua, chief designers for China's first generation of nuclear submarines (Type 091 and Type 092).
• Chen Hao as Li Shiying, wife of Huang Xuhua.
• Huang Xiaolei [zh] as Chun Ling
• Ai Liya as Director Liu

• Jiang Xin as Shen Jilan, delegate to the National People's Congress.
• Chen He as Li Chengying, husband of Shen Jilan.
• Zuo Xiaoqing as Li Hua
• Li Guangjie [zh] as Zhang Hailiang
• Liu Yuning as a correspondent
• Chi Shuai [zh] as a journalist
• Wang Jinghua [zh] as mother of Xiu Zhi
• Xing Minshan [zh] as battalion commander
• Jian Renzi as Xiu Zhi
• Lin Siyi as Lai Di
• Sun Yining [zh] as Li Guiying
• Meng Asai [zh] as Shitou

• Tong Dawei as Sun Jiadong, father of China's carrier rocket and satellite technology.
• Sun Li as Wei Suping, wife of Sun Jiadong.
• Liu Yijun as Qian Xuesen
• Liu Huan [zh] as Chen Xiyuan
• Wang Zijian [zh] as Huang Zhiming
• Lin Yongjian as Nie Rongzhen
• Liu Jing as Zhou Enlai
• Wang Yanan [zh] as Chen Qian
• Zhugang Riyao [zh] as Li Donghai

• Zhou Xun as Tu Youyou, pharmaceutical chemist and malariologist who discovered artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin, used to treat malaria, a breakthrough in twentieth-century tropical medicine, saving millions of lives in South China, Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America.
• Zhang Songwen as Li Tingzhao, husband of Tu Youyou.
• Chen Baoguo as Doctor Liao
• Xi Meijuan as mother of Tu Youyou
• Yu Rongguang as Zhang Jianguang
• Huo Qing [zh] as Lü Chuanzhi
• Cao Xinyue [zh]
• Bi Yanjun [zh]

• Huang Zhizhong as Yuan Longping, agronomist, known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties.
• Dong Jie as Deng Zhe, wife of Yuan Longping.
• Ren Zhong as Tan Panggong
• Jiang Mengjie as Tian Hehua

Douban, a major Chinese media rating site, gave the drama 9.1 out of 10.^[5][6]

• Medal of the Republic at IMDb
• Medal of the Republic at Douban (in Chinese)