Ding Daoheng

Ding Daoheng

Ding Daoheng, the discoverer of Bayan Obo iron deposit, is a famous geologist in China. He was only 28 years old when he discovered the Bayan Obo iron mine. Ding Daoheng is a famous geologist, paleontologist, educator and social activist, vice chairman of the Second Committee of Chongqing Branch of Jiusan Society, and the first member of Jiusan Society in Guizhou Province.

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Ding Daoheng, Zhongliang. He was born in a scholarly family and lived in an environment where he was proud of reading and enterprising for generations. He studied scriptures in private schools and received strict education and edification from childhood. He was gifted, intelligent, diligent and successful. He entered Guizhou provincial model middle school at the age of 17. After graduating from middle school in 1919, he was determined to further his studies. In 1919, he was admitted to the preparatory course of Peking University. After strict screening, he was promoted to the regular course, ranked among the top, and received public subsidy from Guizhou Province. After six years of study in Beiping, he studied part-time and worked hard. He graduated from the Department of geology of Peking University in 1926. He was selected as a teaching assistant of his alma mater with outstanding achievements, specializing in geological history and paleontology. He once served as the director of geology of Chongqing University.

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From May 1927 to August 1930, Ding Daoheng participated in the northwest scientific expedition organized by Peking University Professors Xu bingchang, Huang Wenbi, Yuan Fuli and Swedish scientist Sven heding. He was mainly responsible for the geological investigation of the Southwest Tianshan Mountains, and was responsible for the geological and mineral survey and paleontological research. In the Gobi desert and the deserted land, the delegation spent three years, risked their lives, traveled tens of thousands of miles, waded through mountains and rivers, went through hardships, and made a detailed investigation of the physical and geographical conditions in the 4 million square kilometers area of Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, and Northern Xinjiang. Finally, they found rich treasures sleeping for many years in the Northwest Plateau. At that time, Ding Daoheng was only 28 years old. He publicly affirmed that Bayan Obo is a large-scale iron ore with rich reserves and mining value. Ding Daoheng discovered Bayan Obo, which has been sleeping for hundreds of millions of years. During this investigation, he drew more than 100 geological maps, collected 35 boxes of geological data and 3 boxes of custom articles. This is not only the beginning of his formal participation in geological work, but also the most brilliant achievement he has made in his life. After his investigation in Northwest China, he published a number of articles such as a brief history of mineral resources in Xinjiang and a career of exploration in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang. In his famous report on Baiyunebo Iron Mine in Suiyuan, he discovered Inner Mongolia large iron mine for the first time, which made great contributions to the construction of Baotou Iron and steel base and the development of Northwest China after the founding of new China. He envisioned building a railway to connect the nearby Daqingshan Coalfield with it, so that coal and iron would accumulate in one place, and building an iron and steel base in Baotou, which would have a significant impact on the transportation and economy of Northwest China. It was not until the 1960s after the founding of new China that Ding Daoheng's idea was realized. Nowadays, Baotou has become an important iron and steel industry base in China. In 1987, Bayan Obo iron mine held a grand celebration of the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the main ore body in Bayan Obo. In recognition of the achievements of Dr. Ding Daoheng, the discoverer, he made a statue in the middle of the street in the mining area for people to look up to. In 1934, Ding Daoheng was funded by Peking University to study in Germany for his achievements in teaching and scientific research. He first studied structural geology at Berlin University, and then transferred to Marburg University the next year to study invertebrate fossils, and completed the research on ancient cup sponge, square vertebrate coral, cruciform coral, bohatbe, orocephalus, etc. He also wrote the article "revision of the ancient Cup" and published it in the German yearbook of minerals, geology and paleontology, which accurately solved the problem that paleontologists have debated for more than 90 years. During his three years in Germany, he received a doctor's degree and was awarded a member of the Royal Society of England. At the end of 1937, Ding Daoheng gave up his superior conditions and returned home with the enthusiasm of serving the motherland. He was employed as the chief engineer of the Department of construction of Yunnan Province. In the autumn of 1939, he participated in the "Chuankang scientific expedition" and set up the ambition of looking for minerals in the virgin land of Southwest China. He took the lead in studying bauxite in Southwest China. Regardless of the harsh natural environment such as high mountains, cold and thin air on the Chuankang plateau, he met bandits in the countryside of Sichuan's Lihua County, and his clothes were looted. He was still calm. After the investigation, a discussion on covered corals was put forward and published. In 1940, Ding Daoheng applied for the position of mining and Metallurgy Department of Wuhan University, and then moved to Leshan, Sichuan. At that time, the conditions were extremely poor, and there was a shortage of teachers. In addition to a draftsman, Ding Daoheng was responsible for all six professional courses in the Department. In addition to the teaching and administrative work of a department, he is also responsible for the students' experimental classes and field practice. Although he suffered from high blood pressure and fainted on a mountain 3500 meters above sea level, he is still full of blood. He insists on scientific research, writing papers and publishing all the year round. In the autumn of 1942, Ding Daoheng returned to his hometown with the enthusiasm of serving Sangzi. He was the director and professor of the Department of mining and metallurgy of national Guizhou University and the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1945, the Department of geology was established in Guizhou University. He was also the head of the Department and made outstanding contributions to the national training of geological talents. In order to urge the students to study diligently, he wrote an article and clearly put forward: "the purpose of learning is to seek truth and welfare, so as to fulfill personal responsibility. The first is to be specific, the second is to be good at learning, the third is to have perseverance, the fourth is to be modest, the fifth is to be systematic, and the sixth is to be creative. " Because of his profound knowledge, noble character and rigorous scholarship, he enjoys a high prestige among the teachers and students of Guizhou University, and was elected chairman of the Faculty of Guizhou University. In addition to administrative management and extracurricular teaching, I have to give lectures in Chongqing University for two months every year, and I can imagine the degree of hard work. Through his life, Ding Daoheng has realized his ideal of "serving the country with science and technology". He dares to insist on the truth, and he is as bitter as hatred. As early as when he was studying at Peking University, he was arrested for taking part in the anti traitor movement against the Northern Warlords. At the beginning of 1949, when he was invited to give lectures at Chongqing University, he was deeply inspired by the vigorous anti hunger movement held by more than 4000 teachers and students of Chongqing University and other colleges and universities and the struggle of Chongqing people against Kuomintang reactionaries. He publicly denounced the dark politics of Chiang Kai Shek's regime at a major professor's meeting. After returning to school in August of the same year, he made an introduction to the teachers and students as the chairman of the Faculty of guida, which greatly inspired the fighting spirit of your students. Then, led by guida, together with the normal university and the Institute of technology, a massive demonstration was held in Guiyang City, and a strike was started. The KMT authorities secretly arrested Ding Daoheng in August on the charge of "inciting the learning tide and propagating communism". After three months of imprisonment, Ding Daoheng was rescued by all walks of life, relatives and friends, and released on bail in October 1949. After liberation, Ding Daoheng devoted himself to the construction of new China with great enthusiasm. He said passionately: "as a Chinese scientist, I have to shoulder the heavy responsibility bravely", "the darkness has finally passed, and there are more than ten million people like me who have lived a long life of fear and oppression; in the future, I will resolutely follow the Communist Party and offer my knowledge to the people without reservation." Since 1950, Ding Daoheng has been the chairman of the Council of Guizhou University. He has been elected as the representative of Guizhou Provincial People's Congress, member of Guizhou Provincial People's government and vice chairman of Southwest culture and Education Commission. It has played an important role in uniting cultural, educational and scientific workers. In 1951, Ding Daoheng was elected as a deputy to the first National People's Congress and one of the 15 standing members of the Guizhou Provincial Political and Commercial Committee (the predecessor of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference), and participated in the negotiation and formulation of the major policies of Guizhou Province. In January 1952, introduced by his teachers sun Yunzhu and Yang Zhongkang, Ding Daoheng joined the Jiusan Society and became the first member of the Jiusan Society in Guizhou Province. In September of the same year, he was elected a member of the third Central Committee of the 93 society. After Ding Daoheng's introduction, Luo Dengyi and Wang Qingyan, famous professors in Guizhou Province, joined the Jiusan Society one after another, creating conditions and laying a foundation for the development of Guizhou society. After the adjustment of the Department in 1952, Ding Daoheng transferred Chongqing University to be the director of the Department of geology. In 1953, he was a member of the southwest administrative committee, vice chairman of the culture and Education Committee of the southwest administrative committee, deputy to the first Chongqing People's Congress, member of the Chongqing Municipal People's Committee, member of the Standing Committee of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, and member of the Central Committee of the Jiusan Society. In 1953, Ding Daoheng was elected vice chairman of Chongqing Branch of Jiusan Society and chairman of the first major branch. Under his leadership, the major branches carried out various organizational activities and worked out annual work plans. Every time he attends a meeting of the National People's Congress, the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference and its branches, he always conveys the spirit of the meeting to everyone in time. He said in a speech at a branch of the Communist Party: "under the leadership of Chairman Mao and the Communist Party, all the comrades in our 93 branch are willing to give full play to their enthusiasm and creativity in everyone's work, and lead the masses we contact to do a good job We should improve our political and professional level to better serve the construction of the motherland and the people. " The heart of boxing is beyond words. In addition, he also served as the director of China Geological Society and the director of Chongqing Branch. In spite of his busy business, he was in a particularly good mood. Ding Daoheng often worked late into the night to write an outline of his speech or to write handouts. In his work, he never cared about personal gains and losses. The day before his death, on the night after attending a few days' intensive meeting of the presidium of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, he also delivered a report to all the students in the Department of geology on the issue of new coins. In 1955, the Ministry of geology appointed Ding Daoheng to work in the Department of paleontology of the Ministry of geology. While he was full of hope to meet the new task, unfortunately, on the evening of February 21, 1955, he suffered a sudden cerebral haemorrhage and died at the age of 56.

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