The Historical Background of Lei Feng
In the early 1960s, China was in an era of food shortages and reduced cotton production, and to add insult to injury, the Soviet Union had withdrawn its experts in China. China was in trouble both internally and externally.
Lei Feng (December 18, 1940 - August 15, 1962), formerly known as Lei Zhengxing, was born in Changsha, Hunan Province. He was a soldier of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and a ****productivist fighter.He joined the Chinese Young Pioneers in 1954, joined the PLA in 1960, and joined the Chinese ****productivist Party in November of the same year.In May 1961, Lei Feng was elected as a candidate of the whole regiment as a delegate to the Fourth People's Congress of Fushun City, Liaoning Province.
On February 19, 1962, Lei Feng as a specially invited delegate to the Shenyang Military Region, the first ****productivist youth league delegates meeting, and was elected as a member of the Bureau of the General Assembly to speak.
August 15, 1962, Lei Feng was killed in the line of duty, at the age of 22 years old.
Lei Feng's greatest influence on later generations is the spirit of Lei Feng, named after him. The spirit of Lei Feng refers to the spirit of selfless dedication of Lei Feng as the basic connotation of the spirit of the revolution, which is constantly enriched and developed in practice. It has influenced subsequent generations of Chinese people.
In May 2017, reports by authoritative military media showed that the newly formed Army's 79th Group Army was affiliated with the Army of the Northern Theater of Operations, while the unit in which Lei Feng was born has also been affiliated with the Army's 79th Group Army.
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The specific content of Lei Feng's spirit:
1, love and hate clear class position
Lei Feng's heart towards the Party, his life as the Party and the people of the motherland, no matter how difficult and complex the situation, are "resolutely listen to the words of the Party, a lifetime with the Party"; Lei Feng's life, the Party and the people of the motherland. No matter how difficult and complicated the situation is, he "resolutely listens to the words of the Party and follows the Party for the rest of his life"; "For the sake of the Party, he is willing to spill his blood and will never change his heart".
"Treat your comrades like the warmth of spring, treat your work like the heat of summer, treat your individualism like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and treat your enemies like the cruelty of winter. These are the famous words that Lei Feng left us. This strong class emotion is the essence of Lei Feng's spirit.
2, words and deeds of the revolutionary spirit
Lei Feng is a practical person, is a courageous creator, he is always to realize the lofty ideals to the implementation of the post, said to do, the same as the table. He insisted on the ideals and reality, determined to fight for ****productivism for life, willing to do a never rusty "screw", do a line, love a line, drill a line;
He paid attention to the theory and practice, his own political requirements, consciously undergo the ideological exercise, in the arduous and difficult battle to improve their own, and gradually grow into a highly ****productivist. Gradually grow into a soldier with a high degree of ****productivist consciousness and moral cultivation.
3, public and selfless ****productivist style
In Lei Feng's view, "the relationship between the individual and the collective, just like the relationship between the cell and the whole body. When a person's body is damaged, the cells in the body will inevitably be damaged as well. In the same way, the happiness of each of us depends on the prosperity of the motherland, and if the interests of the motherland are jeopardized, each of us will not be able to obtain happiness!"
It is for this reason that Lei Feng always and everywhere puts the interests of the Party, the people and the motherland first, regards helping others as the greatest happiness and joy, and devotes his limited life to unlimited service to the people (the core of Lei Feng's life).
4, defiant proletarian fighting spirit
Lei Feng's outlook on life is the most glorious is that he correctly solved the problem of "wholeheartedly serve the people". He made it his creed to "live for the people and die for the people" and was "always ready to sacrifice everything, even his life, for the supreme interests of the Party and the class."
Under the guidance of such an outlook on life, Lei Feng has always maintained a high state of mind and courageous revolutionary drive, and has made extraordinary achievements in ordinary posts, and has practiced his vow of lifelong dedication to the cause of ****analism with his life.
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