China honors Xinjiang patrolman who contributed life to border missions

Laqini Bayika. Photo: National Immigration Administration WeChat account

Laqini Bayika. Photo: National Immigration Administration WeChat account

 

Photo: National Immigration Administration WeChat account

China has awarded the title "modle of the times" to Laqini Bayika, a Tajik herdsman in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region who devoted his life to patrolling China's northwestern border and died on January 4 while trying to rescue a child who had fallen into an ice hole.

The decision was made by the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC).