Role models in China's fight against the COVID-19  walk into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept 8, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING -- China will hold a meeting Tuesday morning in Beijing to commend role models in the country's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will present medals to recipients of the Medal of the Republic and the national honorary title and deliver a speech.

The meeting will be held at the Great Hall of the People at 10:00 am.

The meeting will also commend outstanding individuals and groups in the fight against COVID-19, as well as outstanding Party members and primary-level Party organizations across the country.