Order of Brilliant Jade

Civilian order of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Order of Brilliant Jade

Order of the Brilliant Jade cordon, badge, star, medal and lapel pin

Type| Single-grade Grand Cordon
Awarded for| The President of the Republic of China and foreign heads of states
Description| The medal has a star-patterned face of inlaid jade bordered with gold and pearls. The center is the "white sun in a blue sky," the national emblem of the ROC, symbolizing a tribute to the head of state internally and the strengthening of friendly ties with other countries externally.
Country|  Republic of China (Taiwan)
Presented by|

President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Eligibility| Civilian
Status| Active
Established| 22 December 1933
First awarded| Lin Sen
Total| 24

Ribbon bar of the Order

Precedence
Next (higher)| none
Next (lower)| Order of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen
Order of Brilliant Jade

Traditional Chinese| 采玉大勳章
Simplified Chinese| 采玉大勋章
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| cǎi yù dà xūnzhāng

The Order of Brilliant Jade is a civilian order of the Republic of China that can be worn only by the head of a nation. According to regulations, the order can only be presented by the president of the country or an emissary expressly dispatched to friendly nations for the conferment. The order was instituted in 1933.[1] It has a star-patterned face of inlaid jade bordered with gold and pearls. In the centre there is white sun surrounded by blue sky, the national emblem.[2] Previously, the Order of the Brilliant Jade was divided into two, namely Grand Order of Brilliant Jade (current) and Order of Brilliant Jade with nine ranks.

## Controversy and suggestions to rename[edit]

The Chinese official name of the order 采玉大勳章 (cǎi yù dà xūnzhāng) was claimed to be named after President Chiang Kai-shek's mother, Wang Caiyu (Wáng Cǎiyù) by Democratic Progressive Party members of Legislative Yuan, and there are suggestions from the pan-green coalition to rename the order to suit Taiwanese locality as "Order of Taiwan", but this was not passed at the Legislative Yuan in April 2007, facing opposition from the Kuomintang.[3]

## Recipients[edit]

* Minnie Vautrin
* Joseph Beech
* Edvard Beneš (1936)
* Mario Abdo Benítez
* Bhumibol Adulyadej
* Chiang Kai-shek
* Álvaro Colom
* Faisal of Saudi Arabia (Grand Cordon, 1971)[4]
* Juan Orlando Hernández
* Leopold III of Belgium
* Fernando Lugo
* Ricardo Maduro
* Frederick Maze
* Jovenel Moïse
* Bingu wa Mutharika
* Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
* Thomas Remengesau Jr.
* Antonio Saca
* Anote Tong
* Donald Van Slyke
* Baron Waqa
* Pakubuwana X (1933)
* Alejandro Giammattei (2023)
* Lena Yang (2023)

## See also[edit]

* Order of the Double Dragon: Imperial Chinese award for foreign recipients
* Order of the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain: Earlier ROC award

## References[edit]

1. ^ Decorations of Taiwan
2. ^ "Civilian orders". Presidency Website. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
3. ^ "勳章以蔣介石母親命名 立委提案修法遭國民黨團阻擋 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報". news.ltn.com.tw (in Chinese). 22 September 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
4. ^ "King Faisal meets President Chiang". Taiwan Today. 1 June 1971. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

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