Viewers of today’s high-profile gathering to celebrate the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up have noticed some familiar faces in the audience.

在今天庆祝中国改革开放40周年的盛大集会上，观众看到了一些熟悉的面孔。

Alibaba’s Jack Ma, Tencent’s Pony Ma and Baidu’s Robin Li, the heads of China’s three prominent tech giants, were awarded by the state for their contributions to reform and opening-up.

中国三大科技巨头的掌门人——阿里巴巴的马云、腾讯的马化腾和百度的李彦宏，因对改革开放做出的贡献而被国家授予了奖项。

In all, China acknowledged 100 people for their outstanding contributions” to the development agenda Tuesday morning at Beijing’s Great Hall of People.

Honorees included a wide range of people from scholars to diplomats and investors.

Basketball player Yao Ming, scientist Yuan Longping and economist Yifu Lin were included.

周二上午在北京人民大会堂，中国总共表彰了100名为发展议程作出过杰出贡献”的人士。

获奖者包括学者、外交官和投资者等。

篮球运动员姚明、科学家袁隆平和经济学家林毅夫在列。

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