Li Zhao was born in 1921 in Ningxiang, Hunan Province. He was born into a scholarly family. Unfortunately, when Li Zhao was very young, her parents chose to divorce. Li Zhao grew up with her mother, and her mother brought her to Suxian, where Li Zhao grew up.

1937, after the July 7 Incident, the Anti-Japanese War broke out in full swing, and the national crisis became a sharp sword hanging on the heads of every Chinese. Against this background, more and more aspiring young people have given up their studies or careers and devoted themselves to the war of fighting against Japan and saving the country. Among them, there are not only men with ambition, but also women who are as good as men, such as Li Zhao we are going to talk about today.

Li Zhao was not only a revolutionary young man who went to Yan'an to fight against Japan, but also Hu Yaobang's wife. After marrying Hu Yaobang, the couple experienced the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation under the leadership of our party, and ushered in the founding of New China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Zhao mainly worked in the textile system and served as the Party Secretary of the Beijing Textile Industry Bureau. So, what is the story about Li Zhao?

Li Zhao was born in 1921 in Ningxiang, Hunan Province. He was born in a scholarly family. Unfortunately, when Li Zhao was very young, her parents chose to divorce. Li Zhao grew up with her mother, and her mother brought her to Suxian, where Li Zhao grew up. Not only did her mother not give up on her education for Li Zhao, but she also carefully trained her. Under her mother's training, Li Zhao not only finished elementary and middle school, but also entered high school, and was considered an intellectual in that era.

1937, the War of Resistance Against Japan broke out in full swing. This year, Li Zhao happened to be in the first year of high school. Seeing the Japanese invaders rampaging in the land of China, Li Zhao was particularly indignant. She gave up her studies, took the initiative to take the streets, entered the battlefield service team in Suxian, actively posted anti-Japanese slogans, promoted anti-Japanese and national saving ideas, and called on young people with aspirations to come forward to save the country and the people.

However, at that time, the Kuomintang continued to passively resist Japan and actively created friction, especially the New Fourth Army active in the south, which was expelled by the Kuomintang many times. Li Zhao also took all this into consideration. After a period of observation, she believed that only our party could save China. Against this background, in 1939, Li Zhao resolutely left Suxian and went through thousands of difficulties and arrived at Yan'an, the revolutionary holy land.

After arriving in Yan'an, Li Zhao first entered the Women's University for further studies. During this period, she carefully studied the Marxist-Leninist revolutionary theory and was keen on participating in social activities. In 1940, Li Zhao, who performed well, was absorbed as a party member. Soon after, Li Zhao transferred to Yan'an University . At that time, opposite Yan'an University was Wang Jiaping . Hu Yaobang served as the Organization Department of the General Political Department of the Military Commission there and often went to Yan'an University to give reports. The two met like this.

1941, Li Zhao and Hu Yaobang became husband and wife. When they got married, the two made three rules, agreeing that they would be revolutionary comrades first, and then couples, and they should work together after marriage and work together for the cause of communism for life. However, soon after, the couple encountered a test.

After the Yan'an Rectification Movement, Kang Sheng, who was in charge of Social Affairs Ministry, continued to launch the so-called "rescue the fallen" campaign . The premise of the launch of the "Rescue the Falling" movement is that the Kuomintang has installed many spies in Yan'an. In this context, many revolutionary young people who came to Yan'an from the city are considered to be suspected of spies, including Li Zhao, which is also the first time Li Zhao was persecuted by Kang Sheng. Fortunately, Hu Yaobang believed in Li Zhao, and he kept comforting Li Zhao and told her to be realistic, trust the organization, and believe in comrades. After that, Li Zhao withstood the scrutiny and the organization gave her the correct conclusion.

After the founding of New China, Li Zhao entered the textile system and served as the Party Secretary of the Beijing Textile Industry Bureau and other positions. After the special period of ten years, Li Zhao was persecuted by Kang Sheng for the second time. She was falsely accused of being a "capitalist roader" and was criticized. But Li Zhao was optimistic and positive and survived that difficult period. After the end of the special period of the ten-year period, Li Zhao joined the Beijing Advisory Committee and served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Advisory Committee, continuing to use his own experience to guide the reform and opening up construction. In 2017, Li Zhao died of illness at the age of 96.

It is worth mentioning that Li Zhao and Hu Yaobang have a total of four children, three men and one woman.In the early days of reform and opening up, a "tide abroad" was set off in China, but the couple had extremely strict requirements on their children and held meetings at home to warn their children many times. Under the persuasion of Li Zhao and her husband, none of the four children went abroad and stayed in the country and contributed to the country in their own positions.