Huang Baomei, Winner Of The "July 1 Medal": Concentrating On Spinning

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? ? Huang baomei, born in 1931, was sent by her father to the cotton mill by the riverside of Yangpu when she was 13 years old. At 22 years old, with the fastest record of taking care of 800 spindles by one person, she emerged from more than 300000 spinning workers in Shanghai and became the first generation of labor model in New China. She was warmly received by Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Song Qingling and other party and state leaders for eight times. Chairman Mao encouraged Huang baomei, "it is a great responsibility for textile workers to have clothing for the people of the whole country."

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? ? ? ? At the age of 26, Huang baomei was appointed as a cadre by the organization. However, after only a few days, she was "uncomfortable all over" and solemnly asked to return to the garage. She said, "I'm an ordinary female worker, and the textile industry is where I can do a lot." Huang baomei had been working in the workshop for 42 years until her glorious retirement in January 1987. During this period, she has been rated as a model worker of Shanghai Municipality, Ministry of textile industry and China for seven times, and attended international conferences three times.

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? ? ? ? From illiterate child laborers to the first generation of model workers in New China, those who participated in the national production and construction day and night were filmed by director Xie Jin into the 1958 film "Huang baomei", in which Huang baomei played herself.

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? ? ? ? More than 60 years ago, Huang baomei was the "star model worker". From 1954 to 1957, her name appeared in people's daily 47 times; Participating in the model worker delegation's visit to Moscow, the "female model worker" wearing a dress has led the national "braji" fever; Even the neighborhood committee where he lived was renamed "Zhonglian Village neighborhood committee" in memory of Sino Soviet friendship.

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? ? ? ? As a model worker and a party member, her responsibilities and responsibilities have been consistently extended to her retirement. Even in the late nineties of this year, Granny Huang is still willing to go to the campus and community, telling the younger generation about the development of the city with her own personal experience. A year ago, she even opened a "live studio" on the Internet.

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? ? ? ? Huang baomei said, "I can do it, and I will continue to do it all the time. Communist Party members will not retire, and model workers will not retire. Now I am going to mobilize young people to work together for national construction."

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? ? ? ? Facing the camera, Huang baomei hummed happily. Her favorite song beside the spinning wheel was "No Communist Party, no new China".

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? ? ? ? With the urban renewal, Yangpu riverside, which has been "built on the river" for most of her life, has now transformed into a public space that the common people flock to“ Zhonglian village, which lives on the river, also realized its dream and changed its old system last year. From "industrial rust belt" to "life show belt", Huang baomei is "witness, participant and devotee", and is always the most firm "spokesman" behind the change.