Jiangsu Fengyun: Chen Guofu's Governance and the Changes of the Times.
Chen Guofu, a figure who has left a strong mark in history. In his governance of Jiangsu, he not only made a difference in the rectification of officials, but also showed outstanding leadership in changing folk customs and promoting economic development. At the same time, he believes that it is also very important to control the people's customs, because only the change in the social atmosphere can truly reflect the spiritual outlook of a province, and the spiritual outlook is directly related to whether or not a province's economy can flourish.
First of all, Chen Guofu actively advocated science and health. He was well aware that the social atmosphere in Huzhou was backward, ignorant, and full of superstition, so during his reign in Jiangsu, he tried to get people rid of superstition and promote science by writing articles and widely disseminating scientific knowledge. He spared no effort to explain the scientific explanation of superstitious phenomena to the people, and at the same time widely publicized them through ** channels. In order to popularize scientific and cultural knowledge, he vigorously promoted the establishment of schools in various localities, including social education training classes, girls' life schools, and boys' life schools, so as to raise people's education level and eliminate the influence of absurd superstitions.
Second, Chen Guofu is concerned about people's health issues. He established the Jiangsu Medical and Political College and served as its dean, committed to improving people's health and changing people's unhygienic habits. The School of Medical Administration has a number of departments, which not only recruit high school graduates for formal training, but also temporarily recruit young people who have graduated from junior high school and high school for short-term training, and train medical knowledge propagandists and simple doctors. Chen Guofu also instructed counties to establish county hospitals and townships to set up medical clinics to provide services to local patients and to raise people's health awareness through popular health propaganda.
In addition, he carried out anti-smoking and anti-drug activities. In response to the harm of tobacco drugs, Chen Guofu is determined to break the situation of the failure of the past smoking ban. He formulated strict anti-smoking principles, and set up an anti-smoking committee, urging all counties to close smoking halls, educate smokers to quit smoking, and establish smoking cessation centers. Although it is still difficult to achieve complete success in the anti-smoking campaign, Chen Guofu's efforts have laid the foundation for this.
In addition, Chen Guofu is also committed to guiding the improvement of old customs and advocating new ones. He used local customs to hold temple fairs, believing that it would help folk entertainment and **, and at the same time promoted new customs activities, such as youth school aspiration month, tree planting month, etc., and improved the social atmosphere through a series of measures.
However, despite his efforts, Chen Guofu's governance also faces many challenges. In his retreat after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he was placed in a provincial administrative position, but he rejected these arrangements and insisted on staying in **. Although he achieved some achievements during his tenure, he was never able to escape Chiang Kai-shek's defenses and ended up on the political fringe.
Overall, Chen Guofu has demonstrated the vision and determination of a leader in the governance of Jiangsu, and his efforts have made positive contributions to the development and social progress of Jiangsu. Although he faced many difficulties and challenges, his governance ideas and reform measures are still worthy of our in-depth consideration and reference.