Yang Cheng
Yang Cheng
Yang Cheng, born in 1916 in Tainan City, Taiwan Province, died in an unknown year, formerly known as Yang Jicheng. He has successively served as vice minister of the Ministry of education and industry of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Youth League, vice president of the International Federation of students, head of the Chinese student delegation, and the first vice president of the school of agricultural machinery, the predecessor of Xihua University.
Life of the characters
wartime
Comrade Yang Cheng is the first president of Sichuan Institute of agricultural machinery, the predecessor of Xihua University. His original name was Yang Jicheng,
He was born in Tainan, Taiwan Province in 1916. In 1917, he went with his mother to Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, to reunite with his father. He graduated from Yogyakarta Zhonghua primary school in 1928. In the 1930s, he returned to the motherland from Indonesia with a childlike heart and studied in Xiamen Jimei school and Peking University. During his stay in Peking University, he took an active part in the December 9th Movement, and in early 1936, he joined the national vanguard led by the Communist Party of China (hereinafter referred to as the Democratic Vanguard) and served as the team leader and propaganda cadre of the district team. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese war on July 7, 1937, he went to Yan'an, where he served as a team instructor, director of the cadre team (Political Department) and instructor of "Zedong youth cadre school" and a teacher of Chinese issues in the Anwu youth training class of the Central Youth Commission. In July 1942, he was transferred to the Indonesia group of the central overseas research working class and was concurrently director of the Yan'an overseas Chinese Federation. In June 1944, he studied in the English Department of the foreign language school of the compilation Bureau of the Central Military Commission, and served as the monitor and Secretary of the Party branch of the Department. In February 1946, he was transferred to work as a delegation of the executive department of the Beiping military Mediation Office. He successively served as an English translator in Baoding group, Botou group, Xianghe group and transportation department. In 1947, with the delegation's withdrawal to Yan'an, he went to the Central Youth Commission to prepare for the construction of the Central Youth League school. In July 1948, he was seconded to the North China military and Political University as the political commissar of the Taiwan team. For this, comrade Ye Jianying once spoke highly of: "Comrade Yang Cheng's help in the military university for several months has established a preliminary foundation for the future study of the Taiwan team. We are deeply grateful." In December of the same year, Yang Cheng was appointed deputy director of the Education Department of the Central Youth League school. In January 1949, he entered Tianjin with the Central League school to take over the work of the city. In April of the same year, the Chinese New Democratic Youth League held its first delegation Congress. Yang Cheng was elected as an alternate member of the Central League. In June 1950, he became Vice Minister of the student Affairs Department of the Central League. In July, he served as the head of the Chinese student delegation, went to Prague, Czech Republic to attend the second congress of the World Federation of students, and was elected vice president of the International Federation of students.
Early liberation
In 1952, in order to implement the first five-year plan, the state decided to transfer Yang Cheng to work in the Aviation Industry Bureau of the second Ministry of machinery industry, and proposed to appoint him as deputy director. However, in order to get familiar with and master the business knowledge of aviation industry more quickly, he actively asked to go to the grass-roots level for training. In order to cultivate talents, he agreed with his sincere request and approved him to go to Shenyang for aero-engine repair He was the first deputy director of the factory and later the director. In November 1958, the central government decided that Shenyang aero engine repair plant should be responsible for the construction of Chengdu aero engine manufacturing plant (420 plant). Yang Cheng was appointed as the director of the plant. He resolutely implemented the party's decision to go from Shenyang to Chengdu, relying on the vast number of workers and technicians, to put Chengdu aero engine manufacturing plant into production rapidly in 1959, making contributions to China's aviation industry.
College period
In early 1960, the Sichuan provincial Party committee decided to prepare for the establishment of Sichuan Institute of agricultural machinery in order to implement the opinions of the 1958 Chengdu meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on the issue of agricultural mechanization. In March of the same year, the provincial Party committee approved the plan submitted by the Provincial Bureau of higher education and the Department of agricultural machinery to prepare for the establishment of Sichuan Institute of agricultural machinery. With the consent of the culture and Education Office of the State Council and the Ministry of education, the Ministry of agricultural machinery wrote a letter to the people's Government of Sichuan Province in May, proposing specific suggestions on the preparation for the establishment of Sichuan Agricultural Machinery College. In 1960, Yang Cheng was transferred from Chengdu aero engine factory because of his younger sister Yang Yuhua's "case" (the case was rehabilitated in 1978). In June of the same year, he was appointed as the first vice president of Sichuan Agricultural Machinery Institute to preside over the overall work, and started the establishment of Sichuan Agricultural Machinery Institute.
At that time, the country was in the most difficult period of national economy, and there was a great shortage of funds and materials. However, in order to speed up the establishment of the college, we first accepted a part of the college graduates as teachers, and implemented the policy of recruiting students while building the school. In August 1960, we enrolled the first batch of 300 students in two undergraduate majors (agricultural machinery design and manufacturing, agricultural production process mechanization) to study in Southwest Agricultural College of Chongqing. At the same time, he led some comrades to find the address of the college, and successively traveled to Neijiang, Zigong, Yibin, Pengxian, Qionglai, Pixian and other eight counties and cities. Once from Neijiang to Zigong, because there was no means of transportation, we had to stop a tractor carrying coal. Sitting on the coal truck with everyone, when we got to the destination, we had become as black as coal. Another time, when it was raining in Pengxian County, he ignored the dissuasion of his comrades and walked for more than ten miles to see the address. He was sweating and mud all over his body. Everyone was sorry, but he said it was much better than the Yan'an period. After many choices and comparisons, he suggested to the provincial Party committee that the school should be located near the Sichuan agricultural mechanization farm in Pixian County and the Sichuan Agricultural Mechanization School in Pixian County (provincial technical secondary school). In the summer of 1961, the provincial Party committee agreed to cancel the Sichuan Agricultural Mechanization School in Pixian County and transfer the address and buildings of the school to Sichuan Agricultural Machinery University (now the headquarters of Xihua University). In August, the teachers and students of Southwest Agricultural College (Southwest University) moved back and enrolled the second batch of freshmen, which gave the newly established Sichuan Agricultural Machinery College a place to settle down.
In the early 1960s, the central government implemented a series of adjustment policies in order to tide over the difficult period of the national economy, including closing, stopping, merging and transferring some newly-built universities. The newly established college of agricultural machinery is in a precarious situation. Therefore, Yang Cheng went to various departments at higher levels and emphasized Chairman Mao's instruction that "mechanization is the fundamental way out for agriculture". Finally, he preserved the brand of Sichuan College of agricultural machinery and obtained some teachers and teaching equipment from the merged colleges. In the early days of the college, only Yang Cheng presided over the work for a long time (in 1963, Che Shouzhu, the former Secretary of Ya'an municipal Party committee of Xikang Province, was transferred to be the Deputy Secretary of the Party committee, and in 1965, Zhao Yuqiao, the former Secretary of Guizhou provincial Party Committee, was transferred to be the Secretary and President of the Party committee) He played an exemplary leading role in the old revolution and was elected as a deputy to the second party congress of Chengdu and the third National People's Congress of Sichuan Province.
Social evaluation
In the process of running the school, President Yang Cheng correctly implemented the party's policy of intellectuals, respected knowledge and talents, insisted on employing talents, did not discriminate against intellectuals with poor backgrounds, and gave equal treatment in work. As a newly established institution, it is basically young teachers, so he is very concerned about the growth of young teachers, helping them sum up their teaching experience and constantly improve their teaching level. All newly assigned staff members should talk in person, introduce the development prospects of the college, encourage them to work at ease and play their role. At that time, we were in a difficult period, and all of us did not have enough to eat. Young teachers, in particular, were often hungry. Therefore, it was hard to avoid complaining about the so-called general line, the great leap forward and the people's commune (known as the "three red flags" at that time). In this regard, he always made some kind reminders, never unlimited on the outline, random hat. For this reason, he was greatly impacted in the cultural revolution,
He was persecuted to death
Chinese PinYin : Yang Cheng
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