- Time Period: Interwar Period
- Year of Institution: 22 December 1933
- Country: Taiwan (Republic of China)
The Order of Brilliant Jade (or 采玉大勳章 in Chinese) is a civilian order of the Republic of China instituted on 22 December 1933 and 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 Chinese official name of the order 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. 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 because it faced opposition from the Kuomintang.
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.
The Order of Brilliant Jade Design
The Order has a star-patterned face of inlaid jade bordered with gold and pearls. In the center, there is white sun surrounded by a blue sky, the national emblem.
