In 1949, the victory of the three major battles made the Kuomintang reactionaries cornered, and in order to provide a stable living environment for the people, our party sent many batches of southbound cadres, including the familiar *** He went to Hunan as a member of the southbound cadre group and served as the secretary of the Xiangyin County Party Committee.
In 1949, he joined the southbound cadre group, arrived in Hunan with the team, and was appointed secretary of the Ningxiang County Party Committee. Since then, Li Ruishan has worked in Hunan for a long time and has made great contributions to the construction and development of Hunan.
So, what are some of the stories in his life that are worth sharing? How was his old age? Let's find out.
Born in Shaanxi in 1920, Li Ruishan studied in his hometown in his early years, during which he was exposed to and accepted progressive ideas. In 1935, he joined the Communist Youth League and began to actively participate in revolutionary activities, especially anti-Japanese propaganda, contributing to the liberation of the country and the nation.
In the process of propagating the revolution, he was firm in his beliefs and determined to follow our party in the revolutionary struggle. Therefore, in 1936, Li Ruishan became a full member of our party.
Before the full-scale outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, our party actively advocated the united front of the whole nation to resist Japan and called on the whole people to jointly resist Japan, which was in sharp contrast to the Kuomintang's policy of "first securing the interior before attacking the outside."
Against this background, Li Ruishan joined the Northwest Youth Salvation Association and spared no effort to encourage and guide young people to devote themselves to the struggle to resist Japan and save the country. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Li Ruishan was active in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region, continued to engage in youth anti-Japanese propaganda work, and witnessed the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression under the leadership of the party.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Li Ruishan actively responded to the party's call, went to the northeast, threw himself into the establishment of the northeast base area, made great contributions to the work of our army to support the front and participate in the war, and personally experienced the liberation of the entire northeast.
1.After the liberation of Northeast China, Li Ruishan was arranged to go to Heilongjiang to participate in intensive training, and successfully became a member of the southbound cadre group. In that period of the great liberation of the country, the Kuomintang was defeated, and in order to ensure the smooth handover of the city and create a stable living environment for the people, our party organized a group of cadres to go south, and Li Ruishan was one of them.
He went south to Hunan and was appointed secretary of the Ningxiang County Party Committee, and it is worth noting that he was only 29 years old at the time. However, before that, Li Ruishan was already a prefectural-level cadre.
However, because the southbound cadres did not know much about his situation, they arranged for him to be the secretary of the Ningxiang County Party Committee. Despite the decline in his post, Li Ruishan did not complain in the slightest, and he quickly threw himself into the construction of New China and displayed outstanding leadership skills.
2.After the liberation of Northeast China, Li Ruishan was transferred to Heilongjiang to participate in training, and then joined the southbound cadre group. At this time, the liberation of the whole country was imminent, and the Kuomintang was losing and retreating, so in order to take over the cities and create a good living environment for the people, our party set up a group of cadres who went south, and Li Ruishan was one of them.
He went south to Hunan and was appointed secretary of the Ningxiang County Party Committee. It is worth mentioning that he was only 29 years old at that time. In fact, before that, he was already a prefectural and city-level cadre.
However, because the southbound cadres did not know about his situation, they arranged him to be the secretary of the Ningxiang County Party Committee. Despite the downmotion of his post, Li Ruishan did not complain in the slightest, and he immediately threw himself into the construction of New China, showing outstanding leadership ability.
Li Ruishan worked in Hunan for many years, and was promoted to a member of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee in 1955, and a year later, at the age of 36, he was promoted to deputy secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and promoted to a deputy provincial cadre.
From secretary of the county party committee to deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, Li Ruishan took only seven years, which shows that he was an outstanding revolutionary cadre. During his tenure in Hunan, he always focused on agricultural development and cared about the quality of life of farmers.
Particular attention is paid to the impact of reforms on agriculture on water conservancy, seeds, fertilizers and farming systems. In order to improve Hunan's agricultural production, he also went to Guangdong with *** in 1963 to inspect Guangdong's agricultural production on the spot and introduce Guangdong's advanced agricultural technology to Hunan.
During the 10-year special period, Li Ruishan still persisted in the construction of water conservancy on farmland and built reservoirs and hydropower stations, thus providing a reliable guarantee for agriculture and greatly improving the quality of life of the peasants.
In his later years, he served as the deputy head of the leading group for poverty alleviation and development, and has always paid attention to the lives of farmers and poor people, and has done his best to contribute to the cause of poverty alleviation.
In 1997, Li Ruishan died of illness in Beijing at the age of 77.