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Meng Tai

Meng Tai (1898–1967) was a Chinese model worker , member of the National People's Congress , and vice director of an Anshan Iron and Steel Company (Angang) iron factory. Biograp...

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Meng Tai (1898–1967) was a Chinese model worker, member of the National People's Congress, and vice director of an Anshan Iron and Steel Company (Angang) iron factory.

Biography

Meng Tai was born in Hebei province in 1898.[1]:214 Meng moved to Manchuria in 1916 and began working at Anshan Ironworks (which was then-Japanese owned) in 1926.[1]:214

Authorities praised Meng for enduring hardship to "collect and store thousands of possibly usable bits of scrap, down to nails, pegs or strings of iron wire, and made his co-workers follow his example."[2]:237 Meng amassed a collection of machine parts which were critical for restoring Angang's Blast Furnace No. 2 in late 1948.[1]:214 The blast furnace was then nicknamed, "Meng Tai warehouse".[1]:214

He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1949 and thereafter rose to high ranks at Angang.[1]:214

On 25 September 1950, Meng was recognized as a model worker representative and met Mao Zedong in Beijing.[1]:214

Meng was a member of the first National People's Congress in 1954.[1]:214

In 1957, Meng was appointed the vice director of one of Angang's iron factories.[1]:214 Meng was recognized as a National Model Worker in 1959.[1]:214

Meng died in September 1967.[3]

Reception

Academic Koji Hirata describes Meng as a product of the CCP's "efforts to transform an underprivileged laborer into a model PRC citizen."[1]:215

In 1986, Angang's Party Committee erected a statue of Meng in front of Angang's main office.[1]:285

In 1991, Angang established Meng Tai Memorial Hall.[1]:286

In 1993, a statute of Meng was erected in Lishan Park in Anshan.[1]:286 The next year, the park was renamed Meng Tai Park.[1]:286

Una adaptación de sus experiencias aparece en la película Steel Will de 2022. [ 4 ]

Véase también

Referencias

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Hirata, Koji (2024). La construcción de la acería de Mao: Manchuria industrial y los orígenes transnacionales del socialismo chino . Serie Estudios de Cambridge sobre la historia de la República Popular China. Nueva York, NY: Cambridge University Press . doi : 10.1017/9781009382281 . ISBN 978-1-009-38227-4.
  2. ^ Yu, Miin-ling (2010). "«El trabajo es glorioso»: Trabajadores ejemplares en la República Popular China. En Bernstein, Thomas P.; Li, Hua-Yu (eds.). China aprende de la Unión Soviética, 1949-presente . Serie de libros de estudios sobre la Guerra Fría de Harvard. Lanham: Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-4222-6OCLC 421148384​​ 
  3. ↑ "Meng Tai" . Centro de Información de Internet de China . Consultado el 19 de febrero de 2025 .
  4. ↑顾馨. "Recontando un momento histórico marcado por una 'voluntad de hierro'"" . China Daily . Consultado el 19 de febrero de 2025 .