On 31 May 2021, the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, CCP Central Committee Organization Department, the Office of the Party and the State Merit published a list to nominate candidates for the award.

[5] On 29 June 2021, the award ceremony was held at 10:29 AM in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

At the ceremony, Wang Huning, the First Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, read the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Awarding the July 1 Medal".

General Secretary Xi Jinping awarded 29 individuals the July 1 Medal at the ceremony.

[6] In July 2017, the "Regulations on the Inner-Party Meritorious Recognition of the Communist Party of China" and "Measures for the Award of the July 1 Medal" were formulated by the Party and National Meritorious Commendation Working Committee.