Cai Bo

Cai Bo

He was born in Hunan Xiangya Medical College in May 1924.

Director of ironmaking Research Office of China Iron and Steel Research Institute, technical consultant. He is the fourth director of China metal society, vice director and vice president of ironmaking society, consultant and part-time professor of Wuhan Iron and Steel Institute.

On April 15, 2015, on behalf of President Putin of the Russian Federation, Russian ambassador to China Denisov presented a commemorative medal for the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War to 32 Chinese citizens who made contributions to the Soviet Patriotic War (1941-1945). Cai Bo is one of the winners.

curriculum vitae

Born on May 25, 1924 in Changsha, Hunan Province.

From 1937 to 1938, he studied in the second grade of junior middle school in Xiangxiang County Middle School of Hunan Province.

From 1939 to 1943, he studied in the Soviet Union's international children's Institute and middle school.

From 1943 to 1948, he studied in the Department of metallurgy, Moscow Institute of iron and steel of the Soviet Union and obtained the degree of metallurgical engineer.

He returned to China with Liu Shaoqi in 1949.

From 1949 to 1959, he served as deputy director of production department, deputy director of Technology Department, deputy director and director of ironmaking plant of Angang.

From 1959 to 1984, he was deputy director and director of ironmaking Research Office of General Iron and Steel Research Institute.

From 1984 to 1991, he was the technical consultant of General Iron and Steel Research Institute.

He died in Beijing on September 18, 1991 at the age of 67.

Character experience

Cai Bo was born in Hunan Xiangya Medical College in May 1924. After her mother died to Jingyu, she lived in seclusion with her grandmother and great aunt in Shuangfeng. She was the longest brother and sister in her hometown. After graduating from class 31 of Shuangfeng high school, he was admitted to Xiangxiang middle school. In the autumn of 1938, Premier Zhou sent Zhu Hui to take him to Chongqing and transfer him to Urumqi. Then Mao Zemin took him to Moscow International Children's home.

In the autumn of 1943, after graduating from a 10-year school, Cai Bo was admitted to the Department of metallurgy of Moscow iron and Steel Institute, majoring in ironmaking. At the age of 19, he was one of the best Chinese students studying in the Soviet Union. When he was at Ivanovo children's Hospital, he was the chairman of China children's Committee after Mao anying and the founder of Chinese students' Association in the Soviet Union. During his study at the Institute of iron and steel, he won a Stalin scholarship. In 1948, he graduated from the Department of metallurgy of Stalin Institute of iron and steel in Moscow with a degree of metallurgical engineer. In order to protect the future generations of this martyr, the party did not order him to return in time when the war of liberation was still in full swing. On the eve of the founding of the people's Republic of China, Liu Shaoqi secretly visited the Soviet Union to discuss with Stalin the economic construction of new China and other issues. During this period, he met with CAI Bo and others. Cai Bo asked to return to China. Liu Shaoqi said happily: during my talks with Stalin, I mentioned that I would take you back to China to participate in the economic construction of the motherland. Later, Liu Shaoqi and Cai Bo discussed the domestic situation and tasks for more than an hour. A few days later, he accompanied Liu Shaoqi back to the motherland. He has successively served as deputy director of production department, deputy director of Technology Department, director of ironmaking plant of Anshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., director of ironmaking Office of General Iron and Steel Research Institute of Ministry of metallurgy, and director of the second to fourth sessions of China Society for metals. In the 1950s, the iron making production management and production technology of Angang were innovated, and the responsibility system centered on the production area management system was promoted. The electro metallurgical test and shaft furnace direct reduction test of Panzhihua vanadium chromium magnetite have been carried out.

After Tsai returned to China, the first relative he met was Li Fuchun. He asked his uncle to work in Anshan Iron and steel works. At that time, Li Fuchun presided over the economic work of the central government, especially the key projects of the Soviet Union's assistance to China. Li made a comprehensive arrangement for the returned students according to their specialty. Cai Bo successively served as the deputy director and director of the ironmaking plant of Angang.

Cai Bo is the first generation of outstanding metallurgical experts in New China. After he went to the ironmaking plant of Anshan Iron and Steel Co., he successfully applied the steelmaking technology and management experience of the Soviet Union in combination with the actual production of the plant. Cai Bo also boldly proposed and implemented the factory director responsibility system. Establish the "three levels and one director" responsibility system of factory director, workshop director and section director, establish the single leadership relationship of production command system, and correspondingly establish the special responsibility system of functional departments and the special responsibility system of production workers. The implementation of this system has strengthened the management of enterprises and made Angang's ironmaking plant a red flag on the iron and steel front, which was introduced and promoted at the national metallurgical conference.

In a few years, the factory director responsibility system was criticized, and Cai Bo was wrongly criticized and dismissed. In the 1960s, the party arranged him to work in the ironmaking room of the general iron and Steel Institute. He boldly presided over a number of major scientific research projects and overcame many difficulties.

In the cultural revolution, Cai Bo was doomed. He was beaten as a "revisionist" and "controlled labor" in the factory. After the "Cultural Revolution", Cai Bo was implemented the policy. As a technical consultant of the general iron and Steel Research Institute, he worked day and night, summed up the experience of China's ironmaking technology, and wrote "30 years of ironmaking research of the iron and Steel Research Institute", which was highly praised by Marshal Nie Rongzhen.

In May 1984, Tsai turned 60 and retired to the second tier. Instead of retiring, he took part in the strategic research on iron and steel industry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and proposed to build a large-scale iron and steel industrial base of "port factory integration" in coastal ports. In his later years, Cai Bo made an in-depth study of his father Cai Hesen and his mother Xiang Jingyu, providing a lot of information for his hometown and the relevant research departments of CPC history. He went back to his hometown many times to participate in and guide the commemorative activities of Cai Hesen and Cai Chang.

Unfortunately, in September 1991, he was invited back to Shuangfeng to attend the first anniversary of the death of Comrade Cai Chang and the opening ceremony of the exhibition of his life story. After returning to Beijing, he died of heart disease due to overwork. (Luo Shaozhi)

meritorious deeds

Cai Bo was born on May 25, 1924 in a revolutionary family in Changsha, Hunan Province. His father Cai Hesen is one of the founders of the Communist Party of China, an outstanding theorist and revolutionist. Mother Xiang Jingyu is the leader of women's movement in China. When he was 4 years old, his mother Xiang Jingyu was killed by Kuomintang reactionaries. When he was 7 years old, his father Cai Hesen died. He was raised by his grandmother and studied in primary school in his hometown. From 1937 to 1938, he studied in Junior High School of Xiangxiang county. In November 1938, in order to protect the descendants of revolutionary martyrs, the Party Central Committee took Tsai Bo to Chongqing and arrived in the Soviet Union through Urumqi. When I was in Chongqing, I was kindly cared by Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao, and said, "I will send you to study. In the future, I will avenge the dead martyrs and strive for the cause left by the martyrs." All his life, Cai Bo abided by the instructions of his predecessors. During his stay in the Soviet Union, he lived in the international children's Institute and studied in middle school. He was chairman of the Chinese children's Committee after Mao anying and joined the Communist Youth League of the Soviet Union. He joined the Soviet militia in 1941.

In September 1943, after graduating from the Soviet middle school, he was admitted to the Department of metallurgy of Moscow iron and Steel Institute to study in ironmaking, and won the Stalin scholarship for three consecutive years with excellent results. He was the founder of the Soviet Union Chinese Students Association. He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as a probationary member in 1943 and became a full member in 1945.

At the beginning of 1946, he was glad to receive a reply from Chairman Mao Zedong to Cai Bo and other young people: "I hope you will grow and progress day by day, and I hope you will study hard and return to serve in the future." He kept the letter in his possession.

In June 1948, he graduated from the Department of metallurgy, Moscow Institute of iron and steel with a degree of metallurgical engineer. When Liu Shaoqi visited the Soviet Union in August 1949, he actively demanded to return to China to participate in the construction of the motherland and return home with Liu Shaoqi. After returning to China, he worked in Anshan Iron and steel company and successively served as deputy director of production department, deputy director of Technology Department, deputy director and director of ironmaking plant of Anshan Iron and steel company. It has made an important contribution to the formation and development of modern blast furnace technology.

In May 1959, he was transferred to the iron and Steel Research Institute as deputy director and director of the ironmaking research office. During this period, together with his colleagues, he carefully studied the smelting process of Baotou and Panzhihua composite iron ores, and presided over and led the smelting test of Baotou baiyunyuan lump ore in medium and small blast furnaces, the smelting test of Panzhihua vanadium titanium magnetite concentrate in electric furnace, the oxidation pellet of Taihe vanadium titanium magnetite concentrate and the direct reduction test in shaft furnace. He also undertook the research and test task of the electric smelting process of the laterite mine in Albania, successfully completed the semi industrial test, and established the industrial scale equipment. In 1962, he was the first to put forward the suggestion of blast furnace coal injection test to the Ministry of metallurgical industry. In 1979, he led the construction of the cold test device for blast furnace coal injection, and further developed the dense phase conveying technology and device for blast furnace coal injection, which has been widely used in industry. In the early 1990s, the direction and process of ironmaking adapted to various energy sources were put forward, such as blast furnace coal oxygen ironmaking technology, plasma blast furnace technology and semi coke shaft furnace scheme of Benxi Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. At the same time, he also led the theoretical research on iron making reaction process, such as fluidization of blast furnace charge column, reduction of liquid slag, low-temperature reduction pulverization of Panzhihua Iron Ore oxidized pellets, etc.

In 1982, he systematically summarized the history of blast furnace strengthening technology in China and wrote the article "30 years of ironmaking scientific research of General Iron and Steel Research Institute", which was highly praised by Nie Rongzhen.

In 1984, after he was appointed as the technical consultant of General Iron and Steel Research Institute, he went to Baosteel many times to investigate and guide the scheme demonstration and test. He took part in the strategic research on iron and steel of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and put forward the proposal of establishing a large-scale iron and steel base of "port factory integration" in coastal ports. In addition, he has served as the fourth director of China Society of metals, deputy director and vice president of ironmaking society, consultant and part-time professor of Wuhan Institute of iron and steel.

On September 18, 1991, Tsai Bo suffered from a heart attack

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