In 1949, the Second Field Army marched into the southwest and liberated Sichuan. After Sichuan liberated, it established four administrative offices, namely east, south, west and north of Sichuan. It was not until 1952 that Sichuan officially established a province.

In 1949, the Second Field Army marched into the southwest and liberated Sichuan. After Sichuan liberated, four administrative offices were established, including East Sichuan, , south Sichuan, western Sichuan and North Sichuan. It was not until 1952 that Sichuan officially established a province. Speaking of this, do you know who is the first governor of Sichuan Province and the secretary of the provincial party committee? This person is Li Jingquan, a person who left a deep impression on the people of Sichuan. Today we will tell you his story.

Li Jingquan participated in August 1 Nanchang Uprising , and later joined Central Red Army , and followed the Central Red Army's large troops to participate in Long March . In 1935, after the First Red Army met with Red Fourth Front Army , in order to strengthen the construction of the Red Fourth Front Army, Li Jingquan was transferred to the Red Fourth Front Army. In 1936, after Red Second Front Army met with Red Fourth Front Army, Li Jingquan was transferred to Red Second Front Army. It can be seen that Li Jingquan is a general who has served in the three main forces of of the Red Army, and has rich revolutionary experience.

After the founding of New China, Li Jingquan stayed in the southwest region. In 1952, Sichuan Province was officially established. Li Jingquan was appointed as the chairman of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government (equivalent to the governor) and the first secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee (equivalent to the provincial party committee secretary today). He was the "top leader" of the local area. Since then, Li Jingquan has worked in Sichuan for a long time and witnessed the development of various movements in Sichuan in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

When it comes to Li Jingquan's work in Sichuan, the three-year natural disaster period is a topic that cannot be avoided. Objectively speaking, Sichuan is known as the country of Tianfu, and has irrigation from the Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project . It can be said that it is a fertile field of thousands of miles. It has been a major grain-producing province since ancient times. However, during that period, the people of Sichuan did endure some suffering, and these sufferings were also sacrifices made by the people of Sichuan.

1959, in the first year of three-year natural disasters, Sichuan transferred about 5.5 billion to 6 billion jin of grain. It is worth mentioning that in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Sichuan had bumper harvests year by year. Li Jingquan also built a lot of grain warehouses to store grain. However, in 1959, two-thirds of the grain inventory saved in Sichuan in the past few years was transferred, and Sichuan Province became nervous all of a sudden.

In February 1960, the Sichuan Provincial Department of Grain submitted a report to Li Jingquan, which was the "Summary on Foreign Grain Adjustment". In the report, the Sichuan Department of Grain pointed out that the task of transferring grain was too heavy and had affected the local life in Sichuan. Against this background, Li Jingquan also began to worry. However, many big cities across the country were rushing in a hurry. Compared with those big cities, Sichuan's situation was slightly better. Therefore, under the urging of major cities, Sichuan began to transfer grain out again.

By July 1960, Sichuan could not bear it anymore. However, under the background at that time, big cities such as Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai had to maintain stability, so the central government issued a death order to Sichuan, requiring Sichuan to transfer grain. The whole country is a game of chess, and the local part must obey the whole, so Sichuan continued to adjust grain, which also led to Sichuan becoming one of the five provinces with the largest losses during the three-year natural disaster. It can be said that the people of Sichuan made great sacrifices.

1962, the situation gradually improved. This year, our party held the 7,000-person conference , correcting a series of "left-leaning" errors such as the "Great Leap Forward". At this conference, Li Jingquan took the initiative to make a review. Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou and other national leaders affirmed Li Jingquan's approach, and at the same time affirmed the sacrifices made by the Sichuan people.

1966, after the beginning of the special period of ten years, Li Jingquan was impacted and was framed as a "independent kingdom". However, Li Jingquan always maintained a firm belief and came back with an optimistic and positive attitude. In 1973, Li Jingquan returned to work. In 1975, he was appointed as vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and became a vice-state-level cadre in New China. In the 1980s, Li Jingquan successively served as a member of the member of the Central Advisory Committee and a member of the Standing Committee. He eventually died of illness in 1989 at the age of 80.