In 2018, an episode of the well-known American TV program "the bill walton show" attracted widespread attention.
In the program, the guest mentioned an extremely special angle: China's education system attaches great importance to science, technology, engineering, mathematics and other science and engineering, and most of the senior executives in government agencies are from engineers. The guest's words from
caused surprise to the audience.
You should know that most of the U.S. government officials are from lawyers or professional politicians. Among the 100 senators, there will be no more than ten who have engineering backgrounds.
host Walton even admitted: "This is completely different from the concept of Western politicians."
In fact, it is not a phenomenon that has occurred in recent years. This habit has quietly appeared since the beginning of the founding of New China, and Jiang Zhuping is one of them.
The first generation of college students in New China, who participated in the Two Bombs and One Satellite project
Jiang Zhuping is from Yichun, Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1937. When New China was founded, he was only 12 years old. He can be said to be the first generation of people who grew up under the red flag.
Jiang Zhuping's parents are ordinary farmers. They have never studied, and the family's source of living is a few acres of thin land.
In order to subsidize the family income, Jiang Zhuping's father also often helps people repair fishing nets, and his life is quite poor.
Although life is hard, their parents are extremely concerned about Jiang Zhuping's study. They have educated Jiang Zhuping since childhood to study hard and benefit the country and society in the future.
, and Jiang Zhuping did not disappoint everyone's expectations, and was admitted to the middle school with excellent grades and came to the county town several miles away from home to study.
When Jiang Zhuping was in middle school, a major event happened in the country, that was the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.
During this period, he once followed the school to donate money and materials to volunteer army , and was extremely concerned about the progress of the frontline in the newspaper.
Although he is young, Jiang Zhuping's thinking is quite mature.
From the words in the newspaper, he keenly noticed that Korean War is actually an unequal war.
Although the volunteer army has high fighting will and strong combat power, under the advanced weapons and equipment of the US military, it often cannot gain much advantage, and every time it attacks the position, it will cost a heavy price.
A high-quality winter clothes and a reliable and durable weapon, which seems simple and inconspicuous, but on the battlefield of millions of people, it is related to the life and death of thousands of soldiers, which left a deep impression on the young Jiang Zhuping.
It was from this time that Jiang Zhuping was determined to become a military scientist and contribute his own strength to the military undertakings of the motherland.
In order to work hard to get closer to this goal, Jiang Zhuping attached importance to mathematics and physics.
Since then, Jiang Zhuping has been studying hard until late at night every day. He understands that if he uses more work now, he can make more contributions in the future.
1956, 19-year-old Jiang Zhuping graduated from high school and was admitted to Harbin Military Engineering College with excellent results, taking the first step of his dream.
Harbin Institute of Military Engineering had another name at that time, called " Chinese People's Liberation Army Military Engineering College ".
It is not only the highest institution of in the northeastern region of in my country, but also the first military engineering university in New China. At that time, it was even as famous as Tsinghua and Peking University .
Jiang Zhuping was originally from the south. After coming to North , he was extremely uncomfortable with food and accommodation. However, in the face of these difficulties, Jiang Zhuping gritted his teeth and persevered.
Every morning, he would wrap a thick old cotton jacket and hold a book, read and make meals. Even when he was eating, he would not leave the book, for fear of missing every word.
In Jiang Zhuping's view, this difficult study life is the greatest wealth in his life.
The book "Mencius" once said: "When heaven is about to give a great responsibility, one must first suffer his mind and mind, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body, and lose his body, and act and disturb his actions. Therefore, he has moved his heart and endured his nature and has made him unable to do so."
Jiang Zhuping's study career is the best portrayal of this sentence.
During his studies in college, the one who had the most influence on Jiang Zhuping was the president of Harbin Military Engineering College at that time: General Chen Geng.
Chen Geng is one of the top ten founding generals of New China, and it can be said that he has already achieved success and fame.
Since 1953, Chen Geng has left the army and came to the college to serve as a teaching position.
In the early days of the founding of New China, the scientific research foundation was poor, and many fields had to start from scratch. Chen Geng led teachers and students to "attack the mountain" step by step.
In his daily life, Chen Geng treats every student approachable. His simple and realistic attitude deeply infected Jiang Zhuping.
1963, Jiang Zhuping graduated from Harbin Military Engineering College.
Because he studied the overall design major of missile missile in the Department of Missile Engineering during his time at school, after graduation, he was assigned to the Department 2 of the First Branch of the Fifth Academy of the Ministry of National Defense to be a missile designer.
At that time, the country was conquering the "two bombs and one satellite". Jiang Zhuping was waiting for the game like countless scientific researchers, ready to deal with the tasks assigned by the state at any time.
As a newcomer who has just graduated from university, Jiang Zhuping’s task is just to perform calculations of formulas.
This job is both tedious and boring, but even so, Jiang Zhuping still devoted 200% of his spirit. The development of
missiles is a long process, requiring hundreds of people to cooperate.
In order to calculate the most accurate results as soon as possible, Jiang Zhuping often stays busy all day and night. Only after handing over the data to the downstream comrades, he is willing to have a meal and take a break.
But often before he could sleep, a new task came again, and Jiang Zhuping could only cheer up again and cycle through the process. More than 0 years later, people are always curious why New China was able to develop the hydrogen bomb in just two years and eight months when it was poor and gone?
Perhaps we can find the answer from Jiang Zhuping.
Behind these shocking scientific research results, standing are countless dedicated scientific researchers like Jiang Zhuping.
At the age of 48, he ushered in the transfer of his career and entered the political arena
With the continuous accumulation of work experience, Jiang Zhuping was also given greater responsibility by the organization.
1965, he was appointed as the leader of the engineering team of the 20th Institute of the Second Hospital, and was arranged to the state-owned factory 320 to lead the design work of the machinery industry.
State-owned 320 Factory is the former Nanchang aircraft manufacturer . The first aircraft and the first generation of ship missiles in New China were born here. It was the "holy place" in the minds of countless military workers back then.
After learning the news, Jiang Zhuping was extremely excited.
He understands that this is not only the trust of the organization in himself, but also a bigger stage for him.
During the days when he was working in the state-owned 320 factory, Jiang Zhuping worked hard as usual.
Due to his strong professional ability, Jiang Zhuping and his team have been rated as "Excellent Collective" and "Excellent Individual" several times, and have received various honors.
Although Jiang Zhuping was far inferior to the scientific research masters such as Qian Xuesen , he had also grown into a talent in the domestic missile major, and had completely realized the ambitions he set when he was young.
Jiang Zhuping worked in the state-owned 320 Factory for a total of fifteen years. Later, he had already served as deputy director of the Missile Design Institute and deputy secretary of the Party Committee.
From a small team leader to the current director and secretary, the sweat Jiang Zhuping has put in is beyond imagination.
In fact, Jiang Zhuping’s strengths are not only limited to the scientific research field, but also have a lot of experience in team management.
missile is a national weapon and has always been valued by the state, but it is undeniable that missile research is an emerging field after all.
There were many problems within the organization at that time: such as unequal labor remuneration, unreasonable allocation of responsibilities, etc., which greatly restricted the progress of missile research and development.
After taking over the team, Jiang Zhuping keenly discovered these problems and began to optimize the entire R&D system in a planned manner.
Under his leadership, the Missile Research Institute launched drastic reforms.
didn't last long, and became the most efficient and output department in the factory, and it was once valued by the province.
At this time, Jiang Zhuping did not expect that it was his own actions that opened a new door for him.
1985, 48-year-old Jiang Zhuping suddenly received a sudden appointment: to serve as a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee .
When Jiang Zhuping and his wife were shocked.
After all, before this, Jiang Zhuping had never had any political experience. From scientific research to politics, the span of this field is too large.
However, after a lot of ideological struggle, Jiang Zhuping finally accepted the transfer and began to prepare.
The work in charge of Jiang Zhuping was the poverty alleviation campaign in the mountainous areas of Jiangxi at that time. Jiangxi was mostly hilly and the transportation conditions were inconvenient. This job was quite difficult.
However, Jiang Zhuping still found a way out for the local area with the "research spirit" of scientific researchers, that is, to adapt to local conditions and develop characteristic agriculture with the spring breeze of reform and opening up of .
In order to achieve this goal, Jiang Zhuping ran to the mountainous areas and the agricultural college almost every day.
First, it is to bring technology to the grassroots and the people, and the second is to promote the construction of transportation conditions.
With Jiang Zhuping's continuous efforts, a development plan was quickly formulated for the local area, and the implementation of was effective in the second year.
In this way, Jiangxi’s vast mountainous areas ushered in a wave of poverty alleviation and prosperity.
entered the central government and served as the director of the Civil Aviation Administration
After 6 years of experience in the local area, in 1991, Jiang Zhuping, who was 54 years old at the time, received a new appointment again, that is, entered the central government and served as the director of the State Civil Aviation Administration and the secretary of the Party Committee.
my country's civil aviation development was relatively late. Although the Civil Aviation Administration has been established since 1949, it has been classified as the Air Force leader for a long time.
It was not until after the reform and opening up that the civil aviation industry started, and gradually focused on civilian use.
In the 1980s, my country's civil aviation was still very backward. There were only 140 transport aircraft in the country, and most of the models were old. Most of the aircraft can be traced back to the Soviet-style aircraft produced in the 1950s.
Many aircraft loaded only 20 to 40 people, and medium and large aircraft were extremely short of medium and large aircraft. At that time, my country's civil aviation transportation volume was not even comparable to small South Asian countries such as Singapore and Philippines .
The development of civil aviation is related to the national economic construction and the opening up of to the outside world. If this step is not done well, the development of the entire country will stagnate, and Jiang Zhuping has a very big burden.
1992 was the first year of Jiang Zhuping's office, and it was also a year of tortuous fate of China's civil aviation.
On July 31 of that year, a flight with a model Jacques-42Y flying from Nanjing Daxiaochang Airport to Xiamen International Airport crashed during takeoff, and 106 of the 126 people on board were killed.
On November 24 of the same year, a Boeing 737 2523 aircraft, a Boeing 737 2523 aircraft crashed on Guilin . All 133 passengers and 8 crew members on board were killed, and none of them survived.
Two major air crashes have shocked the entire country and the development of civil aviation has fallen into a huge crisis.
At the critical moment, Jiang Zhuping withstood the pressure and issued the "Order on Ensuring Flight Safety", making major adjustments to the national civil aviation.
From these two air crashes, Jiang Zhuping discovered that many staff members of the civil aviation department in at that time were too frivolous and lazy. They were unwilling to repeat inspections before flying , and were unwilling to detour when flying, which led to a lot of hidden dangers.
Jiang Zhuping corrected the above behavior in a timely manner. The
file requires all crew members to ensure safety first. From airports to airlines, from flight attendants to ground staff, , you must establish awareness of safety operations.
Under Jiang Zhuping's vigorous rectification, the chaos in civil aviation in my country was corrected at an extremely fast speed.
Since 1993, my country's civil aviation has ushered in rapid development. The transportation volume has grown at a rate of 18% for 20 consecutive years, more than twice the world average.
Behind all this, Jiang Zhuping made an indelible contribution.
In 2000, Jiang Zhuping was once again given an important task and served as the governor of Hubei Province and deputy secretary of the provincial party committee. In this year, Jiang Zhuping was already 63 years old.
But he still devoted all his energy to Hubei's economic construction. Under his leadership, Hubei, which had been drought and flood for years, cleverly utilized its abundant hydropower resources to develop its own hydropower industry and solve energy problems.
In this position, Jiang Zhuping has not changed again. It was not until 2008 that he, who was already 71 years old, chose to retire gloriously.
In the 1950s, Chairman Mao once said this: "I am a brick of the revolution, move wherever I need it."
Judging from Jiang Zhuping's magnificent life, he has truly become a practitioner of this sentence.
After Jiang Zhuping retired, he rarely appeared in the public eye, but he still cared about the country and society at all times.
On the morning of September 10, 2017, Jiang Zhuping also visited China Love Senior Apartment to visit the elderly there: "You have found a good home in China Love Senior Apartment, I am happy for you."
When talking about personal life, Jiang Zhuping once smiled and said, "I am living the life of ordinary people now."
After retirement, Jiang Zhuping set a "three no" self-discipline principle for himself: do not care about things, do not ask about things, and do not cause trouble.
He said: "I deeply think that the 'three no' is the best support for the current leaders."
Jiang Zhuping is now 86 years old. After retirement, he devoted most of his energy to writing.
Jiang Zhuping's calligraphy works are cleverly used, with a strong sense of three-dimensionality and quality, and is a masterpiece.
But he did not use his calligraphy works to make a fortune, but donated them all. To a certain extent, this is also the contribution made by the elderly to society within their capacity.
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[2] Zhang Manlin. Director of the Civil Aviation Administration Jiang Zhuping issued an order to ensure flight safety [J]. Labor Protection, 1992(10):4-5.
