On January 9, 1975, ** completed the last journey of his life in a "stormy" environment. When he was dying, the person he didn't get behind was the prime minister.
He said to the people around him: "I don't know what ***'s health condition is, I am worried about his condition and hope it will not worsen." China's economic construction cannot be separated from him, especially in difficult times. ”
On May 22, 1900, ** was born at No. 40, Sanxing Street, Chengnan, Changsha City. He entered school at the age of 6 and studied at Chunshuyuan Primary School in Changsha Tianxin, and was admitted to Changjun Middle School in 1914.
**Growing up in Changsha's long and profound historical and cultural environment, taught by his father's words and deeds, he not only read a large number of classic works, but also developed a hard-working, thrifty, honest and selfless character.
In the spring of 1918, he graduated from Changjun Middle School, and together with more than 20 young people from Hunan, including Luo Zhanglong, Li Weihan, and Zhang Kundi, he left Changsha and went north with the ideal of saving the country and the people, and participated in the May Fourth Patriotic Movement in Beijing.
At that time, during the First World War, France was in the midst of a terrible war and a shortage of labor, and urgently needed to recruit workers from all over Asia. Therefore, there has been a boom in work-study in France.
**Like many enthusiastic young people, they wanted to go abroad for further study, but because their family was poor and could not afford the high cost of studying abroad, they tried their best to go to Europe after learning that they could go to France for work-study.
In June 1922, he participated in the establishment of the Chinese Young Communist Party in Europe in Paris. During this period, he fell in love with Cai Hesen's sister Cai Chang and got married in Paris, and the witness was ***
In February of the following year, the Chinese Young Communist Party in Europe officially changed its name to the "Chinese Communist Youth League in Europe". Subsequently, ** and others founded a progressive publication, "Youth".
The editorial office of "Youth" is located in ***'s residence in Paris, which is also the office of the Executive Committee of the Youth League.
In this small apartment, ** and *** and others are fully committed and selfless in their work, working during the day to make ends meet, and working hard all night at night. They ate bread, drank plain water, and sometimes could not even eat vegetables and vegetables, and devoted all their youthful blood to the cause of the proletarian revolution.
In 1925, ** and his wife Cai Chang were ordered to return to the motherland, participate in the work of the Liangguang District Committee of the Communist Party of China under the leadership of Chen Yannian and **, and devote themselves to the National Revolution and the Northern Expedition.
During the agrarian revolution, he was an outstanding leader in the political work of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army; During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the deputy director of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee and the head of the financial and economic department, assisted in presiding over the work of the Organization Department, and made outstanding contributions to the economic development of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region.
** He once publicly praised and said: "* Cadres of government organs must learn to do economic work like Comrade Fuchun. ”
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as vice premier, secretary, and member of the Politburo Standing Committee, and became an important leader in the economic construction of New China.
He participated in the organization and formulation of the first five-year plan and guided the implementation of the plan, which laid the initial foundation for China's socialist industrialization.
Zhu Rongji later recalled that he sighed: "At that time, I attended many meetings presided over by Comrade Fuchun, especially during the period of drawing up the first five-year plan. Not long after I joined the work, it was the most important economic thought I had heard in my life, and my heart was full of admiration for Comrade Fuchun. To this day, I never forget those days. ”
After the advent of the special historical period, in the chaotic situation, ** assisted *** in charge of economic work.
In the midst of the predicament, he did everything possible to eliminate interference, grasp production and the economy, and did his utmost to prevent further impact and destruction of the order of social production.
**Comrade is upright, for the country and the people, but he was constantly criticized and impacted by Lin and Jiang gang, and was falsely accused of being the "director of the black club" in 1967, and was charged with many trumped-up crimes, and was seriously punished**.
Under tremendous pressure, even though he was no longer able to take part in the leadership work, he was still concerned about the development of the national economy as always.
On January 9, 1975, he passed away at the age of 75. On January 15, the memorial service was held in the Great Hall of the People, and ** delivered a eulogy, giving a high evaluation of his life.
At that time, he was already in a very bad physical condition, and rushed to the scene despite the persuasion of medical staff and personally presided over a memorial service for his old comrades-in-arms.
Cai Chang asked the premier: "Why are you still here?" ”
** Said emotionally: "How can I not come? We are old comrades-in-arms for 50 years! ”