# Model of the Era

Becoming an Icon: Beijing Posthumously Honors Dong Yijun as a 'Model of the Era'

China’s Central Propaganda Department has posthumously named Dong Yijun a “Model of the Era,” an honorific designed to elevate exemplary behavior and further official ideological education. The move underscores Beijing’s continued reliance on symbolic figures to shape social norms and reinforce Party authority through state media and institutional channels.