Xi Jinping has been serving as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus the paramount leader of China, since 2012. He has received multiple honours and recognition from several countries.
State Honours DecorationCountryDateNoteGrand Cordon of the Order of Leopold30 March 2014The highest order of BelgiumGrand Cordon of the Order of the Liberator20 July 2014The highest order of VenezuelaOrder of José Martí22 July 2014Order of CubaNishan-e-Pakistan21 April 2015The highest civilian award of PakistanOrder of Abdulaziz al Saud19 January 2016Saudi Arabian order of meritCollar of the Order of the Republic of Serbia18 June 2016The highest state order of SerbiaOrder for Promotion of Peace and Friendship29 September 2016Order of BelarusMedal of Honour of the Congress of Peru21 November 2016Medal of the Congress of PeruOrder of Saint Andrew3 July 2017The highest order of RussiaGrand Collar of the State of Palestine18 July 2017The highest civilian order of PalestineOrder of Zayed20 July 2018The highest civilian decoration of the United Arab EmiratesGrand Cross of the Order of the Lion29 July 2018Order of SenegalCollar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martin2 December 2018Order of ArgentinaOrder of Manas13 June 2019The highest order of KyrgyzstanOrder of the Crown15 June 2019Order of TajikistanOrder of the Golden Eagle14 September 2022The highest order of KazakhstanOrder of Highest Friendship15 September 2022State award of UzbekistanOrder of South Africa22 August 2023State award of South AfricaMedal of the National Order of Independence17 April 2025Order of Cambodia
Recognition DecorationOrganisationDateNoteThe Golden Olympic Order19 November 2013The highest award of the Olympic movement Year Recognition Organisation Ref. 2017 World's Most Powerful Man The Economist 2018 World's Most Powerful People Forbes
Key to the City
Xi holds a "key to the city," an honour granted to attending guests to symbolize their significance, in:
Muscatine, United States (26 April 1985) Montego Bay, Jamaica (13 February 2009) Muscatine, United States (14 February 2012) (3 June 2013) , Mexico (5 June 2013) , Argentina (19 July 2014) , Czech Republic (29 March 2016) Madrid, Spain (28 November 2018)
Scholastic
Nazarbayev University (7 September 2013) University of Johannesburg (11 April 2019) Saint Petersburg State University (6 June 2019) King Saud University (8 December 2022)
Eponyms Roads In 2024, a major ring road in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, was named 'Xi Jinping Boulevard' in recognition of Cambodia–China relations.
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