national medals and national honorary titles are awarded! two people from liaoning were commended!
2024-09-29
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at 10 a.m. on september 29, the awarding ceremony for the national medals and national honorary titles of the people's republic of china was grandly held in the great hall of the people. xi jinping, general secretary of the cpc central committee, president of the state, and chairman of the central military commission, awarded the "medal of the republic", "medal of friendship" and national honorary title medals to the recipients of national medals and national honorary titles respectively.
among them, wang yongzhi from changtu, liaoning
awarded the "medal of the republic"
zhao zhongxian from xinmin, liaoning
awarded the national honorary title of "people's scientist"
"medal of the republic"
winner wang yongzhi
develop strategic missiles, develop launch vehicles, send chinese people into space and prepare to build the "tiangong"... these are the three things the organization assigned him to do, and they are also the three things he will do throughout his life. each of them is earth-shattering.
three months after his sudden death, he was awarded the "medal of the republic". he is wang yongzhi, a native of changtu, liaoning, the former chief designer of the "921 project" of the general armament department, and an academician of the chinese academy of engineering. he participated in or presided over the development of multiple types of missiles and rockets in my country, sent chinese people into space and prepared to build a space station.
wang yongzhi. image source: official website of chinese academy of engineering
unique solution to solve missile launch problem
after the outbreak of the korean war, u.s. planes frequently harassed liaodong. wang yongzhi, a young man from northeast china, determined to devote himself to national defense. he was admitted to the aircraft design major of the department of aviation of tsinghua university with excellent results. during this period, he was sent to moscow to continue his studies. later, due to the needs of the country, he changed to rocket science. and missile design majors.
wang yongzhi took a photo when he was admitted to tsinghua university. image source: xinhua news agency
after returning from his studies, wang yongzhi became a member of the first branch of the fifth academy of the ministry of national defense and devoted himself to the development of my country's first-generation missiles. the first one he came into contact with was dongfeng-2. in june 1964, the missile was about to be launched but encountered technical difficulties - the high temperature in the northwest gobi caused the propellant to expand and the missile was unable to reach the intended range. wang yongzhi proposed a solution: "leak 600 kilograms of fuel from the missile body. this missile can reach the predetermined range." the range is not enough in the first place, so the fuel needs to be leaked? everyone thought the idea was a fantasy.
young wang yongzhi (first from right) is improving the design of a medium- and short-range missile. image source: china aerospace news
in desperation, the young and energetic wang yongzhi plucked up the courage to knock on the door of qian xuesen, the top technology decision-maker at the launch site. after carefully listening to wang yongzhi's ideas, qian xuesen said: "this young man's opinion is right, let's follow his advice." do it!”
on june 29, 1964, dongfeng 2 took off with roaring ignition and hit the intended target. the flight test verified the correctness of wang yongzhi's suggestion. this year, wang yongzhi, who was only 32 years old, began to emerge in the field of missile development.
on june 29, 1964, the dongfeng-2 missile was launched. image source: cctv national memory
military order issued to develop strap-on launch vehicle on schedule
in november 1988, china great wall industries signed a launch service contract with the american hughes company for the austar launch service. however, the contract was complex and demanding. the united states required china to complete a successful launch test before june 30, 1990, otherwise it would be fined us$1 million.
at that time, the test that wang yongzhi faced was not only that the long march 2 strap-on carrier rocket for launch only existed on drawings, but also that it had to be completed within 18 months. at the critical moment of decision-making, wang yongzhi issued a military order on behalf of the rocket technology research institute: ensuring that the rocket would be erected on the launch pad within the specified time. under the leadership of wang yongzhi, all the cadres and employees of the china institute of launch vehicle technology began an arduous battle - 18 months, 24 hours of non-stop work, 24 sets of more than 440,000 design drawings, and more than 120 process research projects , more than 5,000 sets of special tooling, dozens of sections and hundreds of thousands of parts, more than 300 large-scale ground tests, and 20 technical problems have been tenaciously overcome.
on june 29, 1990, my country's first strap-on launch vehicle, the long march 2e, finally stood at the xichang launch site of the xichang satellite launch center one day ahead of schedule. the first flight was successful on july 16, 1990. chinese astronauts set a new international space record of developing a new rocket in 18 months.
wang yongzhi took a photo before the launch of the long march 2 strap-on carrier rocket. image source: xinhua news agency
put forward the "three-step" concept of manned spaceflight
on september 21, 1992, china's manned space project was officially launched. in accordance with the "three-step" strategic plan of "spaceship-space laboratory-space station", the chinese have embarked on a new voyage to space. this strategic design with chinese characteristics and demonstrating chinese wisdom came from wang yongzhi. this year, wang yongzhi happened to be 60 years old and was appointed as the chief designer of china's manned space project.
on october 15, 2003, my country's first astronaut yang liwei soared into the sky aboard the shenzhou 5 manned spacecraft, fulfilling the chinese nation's millennium dream of flying into the sky.
in the four years from 2013 to 2017, my country's first true space laboratory was built, and the "second step" of the project came to a successful conclusion.
from april 2021 to the end of 2022, china's manned spaceflight intensively implemented 11 launches and completed the space station as scheduled.
wang yongzhi at the shenzhou-3 transfer site. image source: china aerospace news
after retirement, wang yongzhi did not leave the manned space industry, and was still making suggestions for the construction of the space station and manned moon landing. "in the first half of this year, his body could no longer move freely and his eyes were nearly blind, but he still kept talking about things in the sky and the moon landing," said his wife wang danyang.
on june 11, 2024, wang yongzhi passed away suddenly. all he left to his family were hundreds of work notebooks and a dozen oral histories. his secretary wang peng said with emotion: "this is a precious technological wealth."
the man has passed away, but his style will last forever. we believe that the asteroid numbered 46669 in the sky - "wang yongzhi star" will always emit eternal light in the vast universe.
"people's scientist" national honorary title
winner zhao zhongxian
zhao zhongxian was born in damintun town, xinmin city, liaoning province. wu quanyin, the former director of the talent work office of the organization department of the xinmin municipal committee, who has known academician zhao zhongxian for 15 years, told reporters the touching story of mr. zhao and xinmin in his hometown.
he always remembers that he is a member of the new people's republic of china
as a leader in the field of high-temperature superconductivity in china, academician zhao zhongxian has made important contributions to making high-temperature superconductivity research take root in china and move it into the forefront of the world. academician zhao zhongxian, 83, specializes in research in the field of superconductors. superconductivity refers to the phenomenon in which the resistance of certain materials becomes zero when the temperature drops below a certain critical value. for a long time, countries have been looking for high-temperature superconductors in the liquid nitrogen temperature region, and even room-temperature superconductors. in more than half a century of dealing with superconducting research, zhao zhongxian and his team have achieved revolutionary breakthroughs, bringing china's superconducting research from obscurity to the forefront of the world.
zhao zhongxian was born in damintun town, xinmin city, liaoning province in january 1941, and spent his infancy and childhood there. he left his hometown when he was a teenager. "no matter what time, mr. zhao always remembers that he is a xinmin citizen!" "he especially loves the xinmin people in his hometown! every xinmin citizen who has come into contact with him has this feeling." speaking of mr. zhao, he is already in his sixties. the young wu quanyin was still very excited.
wu quanyin told reporters that in 2009, in order to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china, xinmin city organized and compiled "xinmin people from all over the world", and as a local celebrity, academician zhao zhongxian was also included in it. to this end, they got in touch with academician zhao zhongxian. he attached great importance to the news from his hometown and readily agreed to the appointment to personally review and verify that part of the information about himself.
every year before the spring festival, the xinmin municipal party committee and municipal government will record new year greeting videos to send blessings and concerns from their hometown to xinmin residents at home and abroad. similarly, academician zhao zhongxian will also send new year blessings to the elders in his hometown.
“have you brought me blood sausage?
in 2016, at the national science and technology awards conference, academician zhao zhongxian and researcher tu youyou won the highest national science and technology award together. the xinmin municipal party committee and municipal government immediately sent a congratulatory letter to the institute of physics, chinese academy of sciences.
at the same time, xinmin people are also looking forward to meeting academician zhao zhongxian again and sending him the blessings of his hometown people in person. after mr. zhao recovered his health, the first group of customers he saw were from xinmin, his hometown. seeing people from his hometown come to visit him, the 75-year-old academician zhao zhongxian was like a child. he opened his eyes wide and asked with a smile: "have you brought me blood sausage?" at this time, he had been away from home for more than 60 years and faced "family" reveals a childlike side. the guy smiled and said, "i brought you the blood sausage! and the cantaloupe from our xinmin liuhe valley, which was just picked early in the morning and is still wet with dew!"
after hearing this, mr. zhao happily told his family: "i want to eat hometown food tonight, xinmin blood sausage!"
wu quanyin said that everyone present was made to laugh by mr. zhao. several young people from xinmin tv station who went with him sat around mr. zhao and kept asking for photos with him. mr. zhao was very happy and responded to all requests. when parting, he reluctantly sent everyone downstairs and to the gate regardless of his old age.
always thinking about the revitalization and development of my hometown
throughout the ages, sincere devotion to the country and strong homesickness have been the spiritual belongings of countless chinese people. the feeling of sharing weal and woe with the country and the nation originates from the deep friendship and deep love for the hometown, which is also vividly reflected in academician zhao zhongxian.
with responsibility and mission in mind, he led the team to overcome difficulties and devote themselves to research, making outstanding contributions to taking high-temperature superconducting research into china and placing it at the forefront of the world. today, although he is 83 years old, he still travels across the country to promote the application of superconductivity in various fields of people's livelihood. behind his strong feelings for his family and country, academician zhao zhongxian has always been concerned about the revitalization and development of xinmin. he once personally chaired a seminar on the development of new nationality enterprises in beijing, and together with more than 40 new nationality entrepreneurs who attended the meeting, he provided suggestions and suggestions for the revitalization and development of new nationalities. wu quanyin said that this seminar was very fruitful. the relevant departments of xinmin city also quickly connected with relevant enterprises, and some projects and enterprises have settled in xinmin for development.
academician zhao zhongxian once said that scientific research is to serve the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation. "i hope that one day, the chinese will discover superconductors that are more suitable for applications, even room temperature superconductors, and make new contributions to the development of human civilization."
please remember today
these shining names
hats off to them!
(northeast news network beidou fusion media comprehensive people’s daily shenyang daily central commission for discipline inspection and state supervision commission website)
