BEIJING, July 12 -- Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), has signed an order to commend two outstanding military units and two individuals.

An office of the CMC equipment development department and a unit of Troop 92730 of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) were given first-class merit citations.

Zhang Xiongwei, a professor with the Army Engineering University of PLA, and Zhang Jianning, a senior neurosurgery doctor and professor at the Chinese PLA General Hospital, were given third-class merit citations in defense-related science and technology.