Former residence of Jin Zhonghua

Former residence of Jin Zhonghua

Jin Zhonghua's former residence is another Tongxiang celebrity culture "Golden Phoenix" after Mao Dun's former residence and Feng Zikai's Yuanyuan hall. It adds an extra school classroom for patriotism education to teenagers.

Former residence of Jin Zhonghua

Jin Zhonghua, former vice mayor of Shanghai, famous expert on international issues and outstanding journalist, was born in Tongxiang. In 1999, Tongxiang City moved its former residence according to the original structure. The rebuilt former residence is located in the east of the cultural center of South Qingfeng Road, Tongxiang City. It displays a large number of precious pictures, books and materials, vividly showing Jin Zhonghua's fighting history in revolutionary activities.

Profile

Jin Zhonghua (1907-1968), a Chinese journalist and critic of international issues. Born in Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province, he graduated from Hangzhou Yuanjiang University in 1927. In 1934, he and Hu Yuzhi founded world knowledge magazine as editor in chief. In 1935, he was the director of life bookstore. In the same year, he and Zou Taofen founded "public life" weekly. In 1936, he served as the chief editor of Yongsheng magazine. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese war in 1937, he joined the "Alliance for the defense of China" and successively assisted Taofen in the three-day Journal of the Anti Japanese War and the three-day Journal of the national anti Japanese war in Shanghai and Wuhan. In 1938, he went to Hong Kong for world knowledge and editor in chief of Xingdao daily. He was also the leader of international news agency and the teaching work of China Journalism college in Hong Kong, and served as the editorial board member of public life. During the war of liberation, he was the chief writer of Wen Wei Po. Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, he has successively served as vice mayor of Shanghai, vice chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, deputy to the National People's Congress, President of Shanghai news daily, general manager, President of China news service, vice chairman of the all China Journalists Association, and director of the Shanghai Institute of international studies. On behalf of the Chinese press, he has participated in World Peace Council and international journalists association meetings on many occasions. He was persecuted during the cultural revolution and died on April 3, 1968.

career

In 1923, he was admitted to Zhejiang University. After graduation, he entered Shanghai Commercial Press in the spring of 1928 and worked as assistant editor of women's magazine. At the beginning of 1932, he was appointed as "Oriental Magazine". In the same year, he worked as a telecommunications translator for the Shanghai Branch of TASS, and began to study international issues. At the end of 1933, he was employed by Kaiming bookstore, Fuzhou Road, and was published by middle school students magazine. In 1935, Jin Zhonghua became the director of life bookstore. In June of the same year, he signed with Ye Shaojun, Liu Dajie, Chen Wangdao and Lao She to publish our opinions on the cultural movement. In December, he signed with Ma Xiangbo, Zou Taofen, Shen Junru and Li Gongpu to publish the declaration of the national salvation movement in Shanghai cultural circles. In 1936, Jin Zhonghua went to Hong Kong to help Zou Taofen organize life daily. In the summer of the same year, he returned to Shanghai and became editor in chief of world knowledge. In 1937, after the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, Jin Zhonghua joined the Shanghai cultural circle to save the national assembly. He wrote articles for newspapers at home and abroad, calling on overseas Chinese and international organizations to support China's Anti Japanese war. In Shanghai, Wuhan and other places, he participated in the three day Journal of the war of resistance against Japan and the three day Journal of the national war of resistance against Japan, introduced the progress of the war situation, announced the news of the war of resistance against Japan, and attached a map of the war situation drawn by Jin Zhonghua's sister Jin duanling, which was highly praised. In August 1938, he arrived in Hong Kong, participated in the preparation of the Hong Kong Branch of the Chinese Young Journalists Association and the Hong Kong Branch of the international news agency, and served as the chief editor of world knowledge and Xingdao daily. At that time, Soong Ching Ling founded the Alliance for the defense of China in Hong Kong, with Kim Chung Hua as executive member. In the spring of 1939, the Qingji branch founded the China Journalism college. Jin Zhonghua was also the vice president and presided over the affairs of the college. In December 1941, the Japanese occupied Hong Kong. In early 1942, he left Hong Kong with Xia Yan and Jinshan and came to Guilin. In 1943, Jin Zhonghua joined the China Democratic Revolutionary League. In the summer of 1944, the Japanese attacked Hunan and Guangxi. At the end of the same year, they came to Chongqing, where they served as the director of the Translation Department of the information service of the United States. They often translated the speeches and news of Xinhua daily and Mao Zedong's on the coalition government. In 1945, Japan was defeated. Kim moved to Shanghai with the US information service. In December of the same year, world knowledge was reissued in Shanghai. In 1948, he resigned from the US information service. In July of the same year, he went to Hong Kong to accept the entrustment of the Communist Party of China and edited the foreign English journal "Oriental News" of the Hong Kong Branch of Xinhua news agency. In March 1949, he left Hong Kong and returned to the mainland.

Experience after the founding of the people's Republic of China

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Lin Zhonghua served successively as the president of news daily, Wen Wei Po, China News Agency (December 1952-1968), the president of China Construction, the English version, the vice president of all China Journalists Association, and the director of the Institute of international studies of the Shanghai Academy of social sciences. He has successively served as deputy to the first, second and third National People's congresses, member of the first National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, vice chairman of the first to fourth Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, Vice Minister of the Ministry of culture of the East China Military and political Commission, and vice mayor of Shanghai (November 1952 February 1967).

Experience in old age

After the beginning of the cultural revolution, Jin Zhonghua was persecuted. Jin Zhonghua didn't follow Song Qingling's instructions and "read and burn" the letter he sent, which was copied by the "rebels" when they raided the house. Jin Zhonghua hanged himself in his study on April 3, 1968. In 1978, Jin Zhonghua was rehabilitated and his ashes were placed in Shanghai Longhua cemetery. In 1989, before the Qingming Festival, he was moved to the celebrity cemetery of Shanghai Wanguo cemetery.

Address: No. 1 Guangfu Road, Wutong street, Tongxiang

Longitude: 120.550959

Latitude: 30.623295

Tel: 0573-88111295

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