Xi Zhongxun

Xi Zhongxun

Xi Zhongxun (October 15, 1913 - May 24, 2002), whose ancestral home is Dengzhou City, Henan Province, was born in Fuping County, Shaanxi Province. He is an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a great communist fighter, an outstanding proletarian revolutionist, an outstanding political leader of our party and army, one of the main founders and leaders of the revolutionary base in the Shaanxi Gansu border region, and a former Vice Premier of the State Council and a member of the Communist Party of China Secretary of the Secretariat of the 11th CPC Central Committee, member of the Political Bureau and Secretariat of the 12th CPC Central Committee, and vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the 5th and 7th National People's Congress. The father of Xi Jinping.

On October 9, 2013, Gansu Province held a symposium to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Xi Zhongxun and the historical status of Liangdang mutiny in Liangdang County, Longnan City, to review the glorious revolutionary course of Comrade Xi Zhongxun, review the revolutionary history of Liangdang mutiny, and deeply remember the historical achievements of Xi Zhongxun and other revolutionary ancestors.

October 15, 2013 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Xi Zhongxun, an outstanding proletarian revolutionary. In memory of Comrade Xi Zhongxun, with the approval of the Central Committee, the Central Party History Research Office has published Xi Zhongxun's anthology, Xi Zhongxun's memorial anthology and Xi Zhongxun's picture album, which have been published by the CPC party history publishing house.

Life of the characters

Born in a peasant family in Fuping County, Shaanxi Province on October 15, 1913, he accepted revolutionary ideas and joined progressive student groups in his early years.

He joined the Communist Youth League of China in May 1926.

In the spring of 1928, he joined the patriotic student movement and was imprisoned by the Kuomintang authorities. In prison, he became a member of the Communist Party of China.

At the beginning of 1930, he was appointed by the party organization to work in the army movement of Yang Hucheng, the northwest army of the Kuomintang.

In March 1932, he organized and launched the "Liangdang mutiny" and served as secretary of the fifth detachment of the Shaanxi Gansu guerrillas of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army.

In September 1932, he entered Weibei revolutionary base and served as political instructor of the second detachment of Weibei guerrillas.

In February 1933, he served as secretary of the central county Party committee of the three former centers of the Communist Youth League, engaged in armed struggle, peasant movement and youth work.

After March 1933, he and Comrade Liu Zhidan founded the revolutionary base of Zhaojin Shaanxi Gansu border region, and had an arduous struggle. He has successively served as a member of the special committee of the Shaanxi Gansu border region of the Communist Party of China, Secretary of the Military Commission and Secretary of the special committee of the Communist Youth League, political member of the guerrilla general command, vice chairman and chairman of the Revolutionary Committee, etc.

In November 1934, he was elected chairman of the Soviet government of the Shaanxi Gansu border region. He took part in leading the guerrilla war in the Soviet Area, smashed the repeated encirclement and suppression by the Kuomintang army, fought bloody battles, strengthened the Red Army's armed forces, consolidated and developed the revolutionary base areas in the process of constantly eliminating the internal ideological interference of the "left" and the "right". He led the construction of the party and political power with great energy, and did a lot of exploratory and pioneering work for the consolidation of the red political power and economic development in the Agrarian Revolutionary War.

In the spring of 1935, the two revolutionary bases in Northern Shaanxi and the border area of Shaanxi and Gansu united in the war against "encirclement and suppression" and merged to form the Northwest Revolutionary Base. Comrade Xi Zhongxun was a leading member of the northwest Working Committee of the Communist Party of China and continued to serve as the chairman of the Soviet government in the Shaanxi Gansu border area.

In September 1935, he and a large number of leading cadres, such as Liu Zhidan, were detained by the executors of Wang Ming's line in the process of eliminating the wrong rebellion. After the CPC Central Committee and Comrade Mao Zedong arrived in Northern Shaanxi, they were able to release and rehabilitate, thus saving this "only remaining" revolutionary base in the country and making it the foothold of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Red Army in the long march and the starting point of the Anti Japanese war.

In January 1936, comrade Xi Zhongxun was appointed Vice Chairman and party secretary of the Soviet government of Guanzhong special economic zone. In June of the same year, with the western expedition of the Red Army, he successively served as secretary of the CPC Quhuan Working Committee and Secretary of Huanxian county Party committee. In August, he was sent to Guanzhong by the CPC Central Committee to guard the South Gate of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region for six years. He has successively served as secretary of the central Shaanxi Branch Committee of the Communist Party of China, regional Commissioner, political member of the regional security command, executive member of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia Border Region Committee of the Communist Party of China, and President of the Party School of the Northwest Bureau. He organized and led the army and the people in different districts to fight against the Kuomintang diehards in military, political and economic fields, carried out the party's Anti Japanese national united front policy, and won the trust and support of the party and the people.

In January 1943, Comrade Mao Zedong personally wrote an inscription for him that "the interests of the party come first" and commended him. In February of the same year, he was transferred to Secretary of the CPC Suide prefectural committee and political commissar of the police headquarters. He went deep into the countryside, investigated and studied, cultivated models, summed up experience, led the mass production movement, enhanced the local economic strength, and made great achievements in consolidating and developing the "three three system" regime. In the rectification and "rescue movement", we resisted and corrected the "left" bias, and protected the cadres and the masses.

In June 1945, he was elected as an alternate member of the CPC Central Committee at the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In August of the same year, he served as vice minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee. During that time, he served as a political member of the provisional headquarters of yetaishan self-defense and counterattack, leading the famous yetaishan self-defense and counterattack and winning a major victory in the anti stubborn struggle.

After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Xi Zhongxun successively served as secretary of the Northwest Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, political commissar of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia Shanxi Suiyuan united defense army, political commissar of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia field group army, and vice political commissar of the Northwest Field Army. Under the instruction of Comrade Mao Zedong, he organized and instigated the uprising of the security team of the Kuomintang in Northern Shaanxi, took over Comrade Wang Zhen and led the 359 brigade to break through the Central Plains and return to Yan'an, and took part in commanding the battle of xihuachi.

After the middle of March 1947, in accordance with the strategic plan of the CPC Central Committee, he, together with Comrade Peng Dehuai, directed the campaigns to defend the CPC Central Committee, Chairman Mao and the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region, and successively won the "three battles and three victories" in Qinghuabian, yangmahe and Panlong towns, and the battles in Longdong and the three sides. As an excellent leader in political work, he, together with Comrade Peng Dehuai and Comrade He Long, either moved to the northwest battlefield, or carried out military political work such as the new-style whole army movement, or organized the rear to support the front. He defeated the Kuomintang army ten times as much as China, and made outstanding contributions to the liberation of the northwest and the whole of China.

In presiding over the work of the Northwest Bureau, comrade Xi Zhongxun, together with Comrade Lin Boqu, made great efforts to build the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region. In particular, during the land reform in the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region, he proposed to formulate policies and correct the "left" bias according to different situations in the old, semi old and new areas, which was affirmed by the Party Central Committee and Comrade Mao Zedong, and transmitted to the liberated areas throughout the country.

After the founding of new China, Xi Zhongxun served as a member of the Central People's government, member of the Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Commission, Second Secretary of the Northwest Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice chairman and acting chairman of the northwest military and political Commission, vice chairman of the northwest Administrative Commission, and political member of the first field army and northwest military region. He has long presided over the comprehensive work of the party, government and army in Northwest China. Adhering to the party's correct line and proceeding from reality, he correctly, actively and steadily led the important work of taking over cities, suppressing bandits and anti hegemonism, land reform, suppressing counter revolutionaries, the "three counter revolutionaries" and "five counter revolutionaries" in the five provinces of Northwest China, and resisting US aggression and aiding Korea. He combined principle with flexibility, boldly and properly solved the complicated ethnic and religious problems, United and won over a group of ethnic and religious elites, and laid a good foundation for consolidating the new regime, establishing a new social order, restoring the wounds of war, and carrying out large-scale economic construction.

In September 1952, comrade Xi Zhongxun was transferred to the post of director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, deputy director of the culture and Education Committee of the State Council and Secretary of the Party group. He presided over the formulation of the 16 character policy of "rectification and improvement, key development, improvement of quality and steady progress", and guided the cultural and educational work in the early days of the founding of the people's Republic of China.

After September 1953, he successively served as Secretary General of the State Council and Secretary General of the State Council.

In September 1956, he was elected a member of the CPC Central Committee at the Eighth National Congress of the CPC.

In April 1959, he served as Vice Premier and Secretary General of the State Council, in charge of the executive work of the State Council. Under the direct leadership of Premier Zhou Enlai, he participated in the research and formulation of major national principles, policies and regulations, as well as important state affairs and diplomatic activities. He presided over the formulation of a series of rules, regulations and regulations, and did a lot of meticulous work to standardize the activities of state organs. He practiced strict economy, worked hard and thrifty, and established a good style of managing money for the people. He has been assisting Premier Zhou Enlai in the State Council for 10 years. He is conscientious and conscientious, and is highly praised by Premier Zhou Enlai.

In September 1962, at the Tenth Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, comrade Xi Zhongxun was falsely accused by Kang Sheng for the so-called "problem of Liu Zhidan's novel". He was brutally persecuted in the "Cultural Revolution", and was examined, imprisoned and guarded for 16 years. He has always maintained a firm belief in communism. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, it was completely vindicated.

After April 1978, Xi Zhongxun successively served as the second and first Secretary of the Guangdong provincial Party committee of the Communist Party of China, governor of Guangdong Province, first political commissar and first Secretary of the Party committee of the Guangzhou Military Region. He was co elected as a member of the CPC Central Committee at the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee. He firmly supported the discussion that "practice is the only criterion for testing truth", supported the ideological line of the Party Central Committee on emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts, and vigorously brought things out of order, tried his best to eliminate unjust, false and wrong cases, properly solved the problems left over by history, implemented various policies, strengthened unity and stabilized the situation. He united "a group of people" of the provincial Party committee, resolutely carried out the major decision of the Party Central Committee on shifting the focus of work to economic construction, and took the lead in proposing to the Party Central Committee the request of making full use of the favorable situation at home and abroad, giving full play to Guangdong's characteristics and cultural and geographical advantages, and letting Guangdong take the first step in reform and opening up, which was approved by Comrade Deng Xiaoping

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