In the field of military science and technology in China, there is a legendary figure known as the "father of China's nuclear submarines", and he is Huang Xuhua. Mr. Huang Xuhua is the chief designer of China's first generation of nuclear submarines, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a winner of the Medal of the Republic, and a winner of the highest national science and technology award. He devoted his life to the research and development and design of nuclear submarines, and made outstanding contributions to the development of China's nuclear submarine industry.
Huang Xuhua, this name may not be familiar to many people. He has been incognito for 30 years just for one task, and he has endured it silently alone in the face of his family's misunderstanding; There were no conditions to create conditions, and the test of New China's first nuclear submarine successfully wrote his illustrious and unknown life. Huang Xuhua, known as the "father of China's nuclear submarines", has dedicated his whole life to China's nuclear submarine cause and has made outstanding contributions to the development of China's coastal defense cause.
Huang Xuhua was born in Haifeng County, Guangdong Province (now Shanwei City) in 1924 and studied at the Department of Shipbuilding of National Chiao Tung University in 1945. In the Spring Festival of 1949, he was approved to become a probationary member of the Communist Party of China; In 1954, he was transferred to the Shanghai Shipbuilding Industry Administration; In August 1958, he was transferred to Beijing to engage in top-secret work; In November 1961, he was appointed Deputy Chief Engineer of the 09th Research Office of the 7th Research Institute of the Ministry of National Defense; In 1983, he was appointed chief designer of the first generation of nuclear submarines; In 1994, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. On February 10, 2014, he was elected as one of the "Top Ten People Who Moved China in 2013"; On September 29, 2019, he was awarded the "Order of the Republic"; On January 10, 2020, he was awarded the 2019 National Highest Science and Technology Award.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, China began to develop nuclear submarines. Huang Xuhua, as one of the first batch of personnel engaged in the development of nuclear submarines in China, threw himself into this arduous undertaking without hesitation. At that time, nuclear submarine technology was highly secret, and Western countries carried out a strict technical blockade on China, and Huang Xuhua and his colleagues could only rely on their own strength to overcome technical difficulties from scratch.
In the process of developing nuclear submarines, Huang Xuhua and his colleagues overcame countless difficulties and challenges. They work day and night in the laboratory and on the production floor, constantly experimenting and improving. Sometimes in order to validate a single piece of data, they need to run hundreds or thousands of experiments, and every detail must not be sloppy. It was this perseverance and perseverance that allowed them to successfully develop China's first generation of nuclear submarines.
Huang Xuhua is not only a brilliant scientist, but also a visionary and strategic leader and educator. He is well aware of the importance of talent training for the cause of science and technology, so during his tenure as chief designer of nuclear submarines, he attaches great importance to cultivating the younger generation of scientific and technological talents. He personally mentored young engineers in their scientific work, imparting his experience and skills. Under his leadership, China's nuclear submarine industry has gradually grown and formed a high-quality and efficient scientific research team.
In addition to his outstanding achievements in the field of nuclear submarines, Huang Xuhua has also made important contributions in other fields. He presided over the design of China's first-generation attack nuclear submarine and strategic missile nuclear submarine, and made great contributions to the modernization of China's naval equipment. At the same time, he also actively participated in the development of China's shipbuilding industry and transportation, laying the foundation for the development of China's marine economy.
Despite Huang's remarkable achievements in science and technology, he has always kept a low profile and modest. He never boasted of his exploits, but attributed his success to the efforts of his team and the support of the state. His life motto is: "Fame and fortune are things outside the body, and only the interests of the country and the nation are the most important." ”
Now 100 years old, Huang Xuhua once said emotionally: "In the face of the new situation, we need to have the courage to open up and face the challenges posed by reality. Although I am old, as an academician, I still have to aim for a thousand miles. Ouyang Xiu, a literati in the Song Dynasty, once said: 'This year's flowers are better than last year's red, and next year's flowers are expected to be better.' I am determined to work with the new and old nuclear submariners, like the development of the first generation of nuclear submarines, fearless, indomitable, to pass on the spirit of nuclear submarines, and to work together with young people to create new brilliance! ”
Huang Xuhua's life is full of struggle and dedication. He used his practical actions to explain what a true patriot is. As the founder and pioneer of China's nuclear submarine industry, Huang Xuhua will always be remembered in the long history of China's science and technology and coastal defense. His spirit and achievements will inspire generation after generation of Chinese sons and daughters to work hard for national rejuvenation!