Mei Yi

Mei Yi

Mei Yi (January 9, 1914 - September 13, 2003), formerly known as Chen Shaoqing, is an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a famous propagandist, translator, former member of the Advisory Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and former first Secretary of the Party group of the Chinese Academy of social sciences. Deputies to the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, deputies to the first, second, third and Sixth National People's congresses, members of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress, and members of the first and Fifth National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference.

He once served as deputy director of the Broadcasting Bureau and general manager of the Central People's broadcasting station.

In 1958, Meiyi built China's first TV station. At 19:00 on May 1 of the same year, Beijing TV station (the predecessor of CCTV) was on trial. The history of China's TV industry began.

Life of the characters

He was born on January 9, 1914 in Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province. in 1929, he was admitted to China public school (University) in Shanghai. During his study, he was influenced by the revolutionary thought. In 1931, he was introduced to Peking by a friend and admitted to China University. In 1935, he joined the left wing writers' League of China in Peking. At the end of the same year, he was appointed by the party organization to work for the left wing writers' League of Shanghai and the National Salvation Association of cultural circles. He joined the Communist Party of China in August 1937. In 1942, Mei Yi transferred to the Propaganda Department of the East China Bureau of the Communist Party of China. In 1945, he returned to Shanghai under the instruction of the central government and was responsible for organizing Xinhua Daily. At the beginning of 1946, he worked in Meiyuan New Village in Nanjing and served as director of the Information Department of the Chinese Communist delegation in Nanjing and President of the Nanjing Branch of Xinhua news agency. In March 1947, he withdrew to Yan'an with the delegation and served as editorial board member and vice president of Xinhua news agency. In March 1949, he continued to preside over the broadcasting work of new China, which was renamed Peking Xinhua radio station. On December 6, 1949, the Government Affairs Council of the Central People's government appointed Mei Yi as deputy director of the Broadcasting Bureau, in charge of propaganda work, and concurrently as the general manager of the Central People's broadcasting station. In 1957, he was elected vice president of China Journalists Association. During the cultural revolution, Mei Yi was treated unfairly. In 1958, China's first TV station was built. At 19:00 on May 1, 1958, Beijing TV station (the predecessor of CCTV) was on trial, which started the history of the development of China's television industry. From 1961 to 1963, he led a delegation of Chinese journalists to attend the international journalists association conference in Havana and the Asian African journalists conference in Jakarta. In May 1977, Mei Yi transferred to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and successively held the posts of deputy secretary general, deputy secretary of the Party group, secretary general, deputy president, first secretary and Secretary General of the Party group. In 1985, he was elected member of the Advisory Committee of the CPC Central Committee. In 1986, he was deputy director of the general editorial board of the first edition of Encyclopedia of China, President and chairman of China Encyclopedia press. In 2003, he was deputy director of the general editorial board of the second edition of Encyclopedia of China. At 18:45 on September 13, 2003, he died of illness in Beijing at the age of 90.

Character evaluation

His translation of "how steel is made" was widely spread and inspired several generations of Chinese youth; during the Anti Japanese War, he founded China's first patriotic and independent Chinese daily in Shanghai; from 1940s to 1960s, his experience was like a pioneering history of new China's Radio and television industry. This is Mei Yi, the pioneer and translator of radio and television in New China. (State Administration of press, publication, radio, film and television of the people's Republic of China)

Anecdotes of characters

Meiyi studied hard and read widely in her youth. In spite of the lack of food and clothing at that time, he still taught himself English, which laid the foundation for his future translation career. Since 1934, he has published essays and translations in the morning post of Peking, Yong daily of Tianjin, Shen Bao of Shanghai and other newspaper supplements and journals, and made a living from them. At the beginning of 1935, Mei Yi joined the "left wing League" and went to Shanghai in the autumn of the same year to work with the person in charge of the "left wing League" in Shanghai on weekly literature. In 1937, after Shanghai was occupied as an "isolated island", in order to break through the news blockade of the Japanese puppets, the party organization arranged Mei Yi and Xia Yan to organize the Sikai daily Yibao. On December 9 of that year, Yibao was published. The Nanjing Massacre and the victory of the Eighth Route Army were first reported to China by Shanghai, the only patriotic Chinese newspaper. Less than a month after its publication, Yibao was banned by the Japanese. Later, Mei Yi and others changed the name of Yibao to daily Yibao by employing foreigners to act as publishers, and resumed publication, continuing to convey the voice of the Chinese people in the war of resistance against Japan. In addition, he also edited Huamei weekly, qiuzhiwencong and Shanghai day. In March 1947, Mei Yi arrived in Yan'an and was assigned to the Xinhua news agency to take charge of broadcasting. In the 20 years since then, Mei Yi has devoted herself to China's Radio and television industry and successively presided over Yan'an and Northern Shaanxi Xinhua radio stations. In March 1949, he entered Beiping with the central brigade and continued to preside over the broadcasting work of new China, which was renamed as Beiping Xinhua radio station. on October 1, 1949, the people's Republic of China was founded. Beijing Xinhua radio station broadcast the whole process of the founding ceremony live on the capital Tiananmen Square, and people's radio stations all over the country broadcast it at the same time. From then on, the voice of "Chinese people stand up" spread to all China and the world. This is the first time in the history of the Chinese people's broadcasting that the live broadcast is broadcast simultaneously across the country. It was Mei Yi who presided over the live broadcast at Tiananmen tower that day. On December 6, 1949, the Government Affairs Council of the Central People's government appointed Mei Yi as deputy director of the Broadcasting Bureau, in charge of propaganda work, and concurrently as the general manager of the Central People's broadcasting station. In the 1950s, according to Liu Shaoqi's instruction to develop television, he led the scientific research and technical personnel of the broadcasting bureau to build China's first television station in 1958 with limited material conditions through unremitting efforts. At 19:00 on May 1, 1958, Beijing TV station (the predecessor of CCTV) was on trial, from which the history of China's television industry began. As a translator, Mei Yi finished the Chinese translation of how steel was made after four years of hard work from 1938 to 1941. The book soon caused a sensation, and bookstores in the liberated areas reprinted it one after another. Although there are many versions of the book, Mei Yi's version is the most popular one, which has influenced several generations of Chinese young people.

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