RSSNewsletterSiteMapFeedback

Home · Weather · Forum · Learning Chinese · Jobs · Shopping
Search This Site
China | International | Business | Government | Environment | Olympics/Sports | Travel/Living in China | Culture/Entertainment | Books & Magazines | Health
Home / China / National News Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
100th birth anniversary of former vice premier marked
Adjust font size:

Many Chinese have read the essay "Spirit of the Pine Tree" in their middle school literature textbooks. It compares a true communist to a pine tree that never gives up in the face of difficulty.

Its writer Tao Zhu, a senior leader of China's revolution and former vice premier, was wronged and died in the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).

The 100th anniversary of his birth fell on Wednesday. Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, addressed the commemoration symposium, calling him "a loyal and outstanding member of the Party".

"He had made remarkable contribution to the independence and liberation of Chinese people and construction of the country," Li said in his speech.

Tao was born in a village in the central Hunan Province and joined the CPC at 18 while studying at Whampoa Military Academy in the southern Guangdong Province.

The school, founded by China's democratic revolution forerunner Sun Yat-sen, was at that time gathering a group of active communists including Zhou Enlai, later the premier of the People's Republic of China, and trained many future famous military leaders.

Tao participated in a number of uprisings against the ruling government in the 1920s and led the party organs in the southern Fujian Province.

During the anti-Japanese war, he organized locals to fight the invaders in central China and, in the civil war, he went northeast joining the battle against the Kuomintang army.

In early 1949, he represented the People's Liberation Army in talks with Fu Zuoyi, the Kuomintang general, for peacefully liberating Beijing.

After working in Guangdong during the 1950s and early 60s, he came to greater attention during the Cultural Revolution when he impressed common Chinese with his vast experience during a time of political chaos when many suffered.

In 1965, Tao became the country's vice premier. The following year when the Cultural Revolution began, he was appointed head of the publicity department of the CPC Central Committee.

As an assistant to Premier Zhou handling the daily government and Party work, Tao had a difficult task when the country was undergoing chaos.

"He tried his best to help Zhou Enlai, in protecting the innocent and maintaining the operation of economic and transport departments, minimizing the damage of the Cultural Revolution," said CPC leader Li.

What he was doing was obviously disliked by some powerful people. One of them, Jiang Qing, was the wife of Chairman Mao Zedong.

In her memoir Tao's daughter, Tao Siliang, writes, "I will never forget Jan. 4, 1967, when some classmates woke me up at midnight and handed me a leaflet. On it was printed a speech written by Jiang Qing and other officials, calling you (Tao) the biggest 'royalist' and accusing you of acting against the Party".

A "royalist" referred to a supporter of Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping, two Party leaders who were denounced at that time.

The memoir, "A Letter Finally Sent", was published nine years after Tao's 1969 death.

According to his daughter, Tao had been under house arrest since 1967 and had gone through tough inquiries. He died of pancreas cancer alone in the eastern Anhui Province, away from the company of his wife and child.

When his wife last saw him, Tao wrote her a poem. It said that a man would feel as free as in an open world if he could be selfless at heart.

In his famous essay, Tao writes "A communist, like the pine tree, never surrenders to any foul circumstance; a communist, like the pine tree, dies for the interests of the people without hesitation".

In 1978, the CPC Central Committee exonerated him. Since then, his life has been thought of highly.

"The CPC members shall learn from him to be loyal to the Party, care for people's interests most and work hard to seek truth," Li said.

(Xinhua News Agency January 17, 2008)

 

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read

Comment
Username   Password   Anonymous
 
China Archives
Related >>
Most Viewed >>
-Power blackout hits 17 provinces
-Chang'e-1 captures pictures of moon's polar areas
-Ice still blocking 12 national highways
-China's winter storm to continue
-Snow-stuck train arrives after 47 hr delay
SiteMap | About Us | RSS | Newsletter | Feedback

Copyright ? China.org.cn. All Rights Reserved E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-88828000 京ICP證 040089號

主站蜘蛛池模板: 日本精品久久久久中文字幕| 波多野结衣医生| 国产成人精品曰本亚洲78| 91精品视频网| 女人是男人的未来1分29分| 中文字幕在线免费看| 日本理论片理论免费| 久热香蕉精品视频在线播放| 欧美人妖视频网站| 亚洲最大黄色网址| 浪荡秘书伺候办公室h| 免费人成网站在线观看不卡| 美国式的禁忌19| 国产一区二区三区乱码网站| 青草青草久热精品视频在线观看| 国产拳头交一区二区| 奇米影视国产精品四色| 国产精品自在自线免费观看| 97国产在线播放| 在线视频这里只有精品| a级男女仿爱免费视频| 女女女女BBBBBB毛片在线| 一本色道久久88| 怡红院色视频在线| 上原瑞穗最全番号| 成人区人妻精品一区二区不卡网站 | 欧洲精品码一区二区三区| 亚洲女人初试黑人巨高清| 欧美白人最猛性xxxxx| 亚洲精品成人片在线播放| 深夜福利一区二区| 免费A级毛片无码无遮挡| 男生把女生桶爽| 免费看美女隐私全部| 精品久久久久久国产| 冲田杏梨在线中文字幕全集| 精品无码国产自产拍在线观看| 啊轻点灬大ji巴黑人太粗| 老师让我她我爽了好久视频| 国产不卡在线视频| 色综七七久久成人影|