In 2001, Wu Xueqian received a graduation certificate from his alma mater, , Jinan University, , during his 80th birthday. It took more than half a century to truly "graduate" under the witness of everyone.
If things go well, Wu Xueqian should have graduated from the 1940s. But just on the eve of graduation, he attracted the attention of the Kuomintang reactionaries when attending a patriotic student gathering, and he was immediately detained. At that time, Wu Xueqian was an ordinary student on the surface, but in fact he was still an underground party member.
In order to avoid exposing his identity, after being rescued by the principal and returned home, Wu Xueqian thought of a way to get the school to expel him. After lying that he was sick and asked for leave for more than a month, Wu Xueqian was fired as he wished. After that, he failed to attend the school graduation ceremony and did not obtain a graduation certificate. Although it did not affect his later position, he could not help but feel moved when he looked back on it after many years.
In addition to being voluntarily expelled, Wu Xueqian always put the task assigned to him by the party first in most of his life. He has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice Premier of the State Council, leading the country and people to a better life.
1921, Wu Xueqian was born in Shanghai. In that special era, Wu Xueqian was deeply affected by this after witnessing many progressive young people's anti-imperialist and anti-aggression in Shanghai. In 1939, when he was just 18 years old, he actively signed up to join the Communist Party and was arranged to work in the underground party.
Wu Xueqian was young at that time, but he dared to do and fought hard. He grew up quickly under the leadership of old party members. He and his wife, Bi Ling, also met during the revolution. In order to actively fight, they agreed that "we will never get married until the day of Shanghai's liberation." In order to keep the underground party confidentiality work well, during the relationship, Wu Xueqian even hid Bi Ling wherever he lived, just to be foolproof. Recalling when he fell in love with Wu Xueqian, Bi Ling also lamented that "it seems to be in negotiation."
On the eve of the 100th anniversary of Jinan University in 2006, a reporter made a special trip to interview Bi Ling. At that time, Wu Xueqian was hospitalized due to illness. Recalling the experience of working in the underground party in Shanghai in the 1940s, Bi Ling described it as "the years shrouded in white horror." In order to successfully fight and lead the people out of the darkness, this revolutionary couple paid too much.
During the underground party work, Wu Xueqian always stayed on the most dangerous front. In 1941, when Jinan University moved away due to the outbreak of the Pacific War of , Wu Xueqian did not follow the large army to Fujian, but remained in Shanghai to continue his mission.
htmlFor more than 0 years, Wu Xueqian, who performed tasks at high intensity, gradually attracted the attention of the Kuomintang. Until , the year before the founding of in New China, he was detained and questioned many times, but in order to avoid exposing his identity, Wu Xueqian repeatedly "find excuses" to explain, and even was expelled, preserving the entire underground party organization.
When it was not until the founding of New China that Wu Xueqian was able to work on the table. After ushering in a new era, it is very important to establish friendly relations with other countries. Wu Xueqian has been sent abroad to attend important events many times, and through different forms of friendly exchanges, he has opened up a gratifying situation for China's diplomacy.
In 1988, Wu Xueqian served as Vice Premier of the State Council. That year, he was already 67 years old. From joining the party at the age of 18 to serving as vice premier in his 60s, Wu Xueqian moved from the underground party to the State Council and also contributed more strength to the country. During his tenure, he actively carried out friendly diplomatic activities with other countries and promoted friendship and cooperation between our country and other countries and peoples.
After working for the Party and the people for most of his life, Wu Xueqian retired from his position and lived a normal and stable retirement life. In April 2008, Wu Xueqian died at the age of 87. After the memorial service, Wu Xueqian was buried in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, and was buried here with his comrades who had fought against the war in the past.
"We work under the rule of the enemy, with our heads hanging on the belt", recalling the past years, Wu Xueqian's wife once described it like this. In that difficult and dark era, it was precisely because of countless soldiers like Wu Xueqian and Bi Ling that the people, under the leadership of the Party, escaped from the abyss step by step and walked towards a bright future.
