During the revolutionary period, the united front work has always been the focus of our party's work, especially at the end of the Liberation War, as the Kuomintang continued to make trouble, many democrats and patriots in the Kuomintang-controlled areas were brutally persecuted.

revolutionary period, the united front work has always been the focus of our party's work. Especially at the end of the Liberation War, as the Kuomintang continued to make trouble, many democrats and patriots in the Kuomintang-controlled areas were brutally persecuted. Under the protection of our party, most of these patriots in the Kuomintang-controlled areas were sent to Hong Kong and did not return to the mainland until the Kuomintang was defeated in Taiwan.

The person we are going to talk about today is our party’s outstanding talent in the United Front. During the War of Liberation, he sent a large number of patriots to Hong Kong and successfully protected them. After the founding of New China, this person served as vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and continued to contribute to the united front work. His name is Rao Zhangfeng. So, what’s the story about Rao Zhangfeng?

Rao Zhangfeng was born in 1913 in Xiamahu Village, Chayang Town, Dabu County, Guangdong Province. He was born into a poor peasant family. Although Rao Zhangfeng's family was poor, he received a good old-fashioned education since he was a child. This is related to Rao Zhangfeng's grandfather. His grandfather was a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. It was only later that his family declined and Rao Zhangfeng's family fell into poverty.

Rao Zhangfeng’s academic performance was very good, and his family tried their best to support him in his studies. In 1930, 17-year-old Rao Zhangfeng was admitted to the Sun Yat-sen University preparatory course. In 1932, Rao Zhangfeng transferred to Sun Yat-sen University to study agriculture and became a senior student of that era. Intellectuals. While studying at Sun Yat-sen University, Rao Zhangfeng published articles in " Republic of China Daily " while studying hard. This not only improved his writing skills, but also helped Rao Zhangfeng earn royalties and subsidize his family.

During that period, Rao Zhangfeng's thoughts progressed rapidly. He continued to use propaganda positions to promote the idea of ​​resisting Japan and saving the nation, which aroused the fear of the Kuomintang. In 1933, Rao Zhangfeng was wanted by the Kuomintang. After that, he went to Shanghai and joined the " Left-Left Alliance " continued to use large sums of money to promote progressive ideas and concepts such as resisting Japan and saving the nation.

In 1936, Rao Zhangfeng officially joined our party. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Rao Zhangfeng was active in the cultural circles of Guangdong and did a lot of propaganda work for resisting Japan and saving the nation. After the establishment of the Dongjiang Column of the anti-Japanese armed forces led by our party, Rao Zhangfeng was appointed as the Secretary-General of the Dongjiang Column. Since then, Rao Zhangfeng has been active in Hong Kong for a long time. Using his identity as a wealthy businessman as a cover, he has made outstanding contributions to consolidating the anti-Japanese united front. At the same time, Under the leadership of our party, we also witnessed the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

During the War of Liberation, Rao Zhangfeng continued to stay in Hong Kong to engage in propaganda work. In 1947, he was ordered to leave Hong Kong and go to Southeast Asia to enlist the help of overseas Chinese groups. During that period, Rao Zhangfeng worked hard to win the help of Tan Kah Kee, , Chen Yumin and others. They donated money and materials and made great contributions to the victory of the Liberation War. In addition, after February 1948, under the leadership of Rao Zhangfeng, a large number of patriots and democrats in the Kuomintang-controlled areas were escorted to Hong Kong for protection. Rao Zhangfeng was also named and praised by Premier Zhou for his outstanding performance.

After the founding of New China, Rao Zhangfeng returned to work in Guangdong. He successively served as deputy director of the United Front Work Department of the South China Branch, director of the United Front Work Department of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, and vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was a senior local cadre. Guangdong is adjacent to Hong Kong, so united front work is very important. Thanks to Rao Zhangfeng's efforts, many patriots who returned from Hong Kong and Southeast Asia devoted themselves to the process of building New China, and many of them later became technical backbones.

However, in 1958, Rao Zhangfeng was wrongly criticized. He was considered to be "working with a strong bourgeois point of view" and was found to be "committed to serious right-leaning capitulationism and serious localism." Rao Zhangfeng also Therefore, he was dismissed from his post. After being dismissed, Rao Zhangfeng was sent to the mountainous area of ​​​​Lianping County, HT2, to serve as county party committee secretary. It was not until 1960 that he was transferred back to the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Commission as deputy director. After the ten-year special period began, Rao Zhangfeng was brutally persecuted and imprisoned. He died with hatred in 1970 at the age of 57. In 1980, the relevant departments vindicated Rao Zhangfeng's injustice and restored all his reputation. This hero of the United Front also received the memory he deserved.