Wang Jinxi 

Wang Jinxi was born in Yumen County, Gansu Province in October 1923. After the founding of People’s Republic of China (PRC), he worked in Yumen Drilling Team and joined the CPC in 1956.

He has served as a driller, drilling captain, captain of the second drilling brigade of the drilling headquarters, and deputy commander of the drilling headquarter. In September 1958, he led the 1205 drilling team to create the latest record of 5,009 meters per month; in 1959, the annual drilling footage reached the latest national record of 71,000 meters. In March 1960, Wang led the 1205 drilling team from Yumen to Daqing. Through the joint efforts of the whole team of workers, it took only 5 days and 4 hours to finish the first production well in the oilfield.

After the first well was drilled, Wang was injured by the drill pipe rolled down from the drill pipe pile and fainted at that time; But he woke up and went on working. The leader sent him to the hospital, and he ran from the hospital to the well site of the second well (well 2589), and commanded the drilling with crutches; When drilling to about 700 meters, a blowout suddenly occurred. There is no barite powder for well killing in the well pad. After research, it is decided to increase mud density and pressure blowout by adding cement. When cement is added to the mud pit, it sinks to the bottom, and there is no mixer. Wang throws away his crutches, jumps into the mud pit, and stirs the mud with his body; Other comrades also jumped into the mud pit, finally suppressing the blowout and saving the drilling rig and oil well.

In July 1960, Wang was established as one of the “five red flags” in the whole war zone. In 1964, Wang was elected as a deputy to the Third National People’s Congress. In the spring of 1969, Wang was elected as representative of the nineth National Congress of the CPC and a member of the Central Committee.

In November 1970, Wang Jinxi died of illness at the age of 47.

Tu Youyou 

Tu Youyou was born on December 30, 1930. She is a pharmacist, lifelong researcher and chief researcher of China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and director of artemisinin research and development center. In 1980, she was hired as a master's tutor and in 2001 as a doctoral tutor.

She has been engaged in research on the combination of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine for many years, and her outstanding contribution is to create new antimalarial drugs-artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin. In September 2011, she won the Lasker Prize, which is known as the “weather vane” of Nobel Prize. In 2015, she won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Tu is the first Chinese native scientist to win the Nobel Prize in science and the first female scientist to win the highest national science and technology award in China. In 2019, 89-year-old Tu Youyou won the heaviest award in his life—“Medal of the Republic” issued by the People’s Republic of China for the first time.

Jiao Yulu 

Jiao Yulu, born in August 1922 in Beigushan Village, Zibo City, Shandong Province, joined the CPC in January 1946.

In December 1962, Jiao was work in lankao county, and served as the Second Secretary and later Secretary of the CPC county committee. Lankao County suffered from sandstorm, salinity and waterlogging. Jiao Yulu suffered from chronic liver disease, but the day after he arrived in Lankao, he started to conduct grass-roots investigations. In more than one year, he traveled to more than 120 of the county’s over 140 brigades.

In the struggle of leading the people in the county to seal sand, control water and change land, Jiao took the lead and set an example. He often went against the wind and sand to check the wind and explore the quicksand; When the rain was pouring, he took the lead in watching the waist-deep flood to see the flood flow; When the wind and snow were overwhelming, he led the cadres to visit the poor and ask questions. At the same time, he constantly studied and sorted out the valuable experience of the masses in fighting against natural disasters, and gradually formed a set of effective ways to control sand and water, which became a powerful weapon for the people of the county to overcome disasters. On May 14, 1964, Jiao died from liver cancer at 42.

Lei Feng 

Lei Feng was born in 1940 in Wangcheng County, Hunan Province. In January 1960, Lei Feng was drafted into the army. He joined the CPC in November of the same year.

Lei Feng said: “I would like to be a screw forever.” With the spirit of being willing to be a “screw”, he worked, loved and drilled, and made extraordinary deeds in his ordinary post. The company assigned him as an automobile soldier, and he worked hard to study driving skills and became a qualified automobile driver. After being the monitor, he managed boldly, took the lead in everything, and led the whole class to become the advanced collective of the army.

He loved the collective, cared for his comrades-in-arms, and cared for the masses. He regarded “not being selfish, but being specialized in benefiting others” as the greatest happiness in his life, and put his limited life into infinite service for the people. He used his saved money to help the affected people and his comrades in poor families, and often used holidays and rest time to do good things for the people near the army station. He once served as an off-campus counselor, and used his exemplary actions to influence and motivate the healthy growth of the younger generation. When he was on a business trip, he served tea and water for passengers as soon as he got on the train.

On August 15, 1962, Lei Feng died when he was carrying out transportation tasks, only 22 years old.

Chang Xiangyu

Chang Xiangyu was born in 1923 and passed away in 2004. She is a renowned performing artist of Henan Opera, the dean of Henan Opera Academy and the art consultant of Henan Provincial Department of Culture, as well as Founder of Chang School, the main school of Henan Opera.

As a people's artist, Chang not only pursues excellence in art, but also cares for the country. From August 1951 to March 1952, Chang led drama clubs to give charity performances in Zhengzhou, Changsha and Guangzhou to support the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. She donated the “Xiangyu Drama Club” fighter with the raised funds. In April 1953, she led Henan Opera Team to hold more than 180 performances in the front line of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

Chang also served as a deputy to the First to Seventh National People’s Congress, and won the honorary titles of national model worker and national outstanding literary and art worker.

Twenty-three founding fathers for China’s “two bombs and one satellite” 

Twenty-three founding fathers for China’s “two bombs and one satellite” fathers are outstanding representatives of groups who have devoted themselves to the research and development of China’s first atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb, and artificial satellite.

Many of them, such as Qian Xuesen and Guo Yonghuai, have made great achievements in their studies abroad, and enjoyed superior scientific research and living conditions. However, in order to devote themselves to the construction of China, they broke through many obstacles and obstacles and resolutely returned to the motherland. There are also many people who, like Yu Min, have been incognito for decades in order to develop “two bombs and one satellite”, and even their families don’t know their specific work. “A person's name will disappear sooner or later. It is enough to be gratified to integrate his meager strength into the cause of a strong country.” Yu Min said so.

The research and development of “two bombs and one satellite” started on the basis of new China's being left in ruins and being poor. From the first atomic bomb explosion to the successful test of the first hydrogen bomb, it took more than seven years for the United States, but only two years and eight months for China.