Order of Brilliant Jade

Order of Brilliant Jade 采玉大勳章
Order of Brilliant Jade 采玉大勳章
	Order of the Brilliant Jade cordon, badge, star, medal and lapel pin
Type	Single-grade Grand Cordon
Awarded for	The President of the Republic of China and foreign heads of states
Description	The medal has a star-patterned face of inlaid jade bordered with gold and pearls. The center is the "white sun in a blue sky," the national emblem of the ROC, symbolizing a tribute to the head of state internally and the strengthening of friendly ties with other countries externally.
Country	Republic of China
Presented by	; ; President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Eligibility	Civilian
Status	Active
Established	22 December 1933
First awarded	Lin Sen
Total	22
	Ribbon bar of the Order
Precedence
Next (higher)	none
Next (lower)	Order of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen

The Order of Brilliant Jade is a civilian order of the Republic of China that can be worn only by the head of a nation. According to regulations, the order can only be presented by the president of the country or an emissary expressly dispatched to friendly nations for the conferment. The order was instituted in 1933.^[1] It has a star-patterned face of inlaid jade bordered with gold and pearls. In the centre there is white sun surrounded by blue sky, the national emblem.^[2] Previously, the Order of the Brilliant Jade was divided into two, namely Grand Order of Brilliant Jade (current) and Order of Brilliant Jade with nine ranks.

Controversy and suggestions to rename[]

The Chinese official name of the order (采玉大勳章) was claimed to be named after President Chiang Kai-shek's mother, Wang Caiyu (王采玉) by Democratic Progressive Party members of Legislative Yuan, and there are suggestions from the pan-green coalition to rename the order to suit Taiwanese locality as "Order of Taiwan", but this was not passed at the Legislative Yuan in April 2007, facing opposition from the Kuomintang.^[3]