Chapter 5 04. Ma Hengchang - the glorious life of the founding model worker

Ma Hengchang, male, Han nationality, from Liaoyang County, Liaoning Province, a member of the Communist Party of China.During his lifetime, he served as deputy secretary of the party committee and chief mechanic of Qiqihar No. 2 Machine Tool Factory. Ma Hengchang’s group was the first to implement the democratic management division of labor in teams, the first to organize workers’ technology research associations to advocate team technology innovation, the first to initiate national labor competitions, the first to formulate and improve team management systems, and the first to implement post The responsibility system is well-known on the national industrial front, known as "the cradle of my country's team construction" and "a banner of the Chinese working class".

In November 1948, when Shenyang was liberated, the military factory where Ma Hengchang worked put up a notice requiring all workers in the factory to go to work and receive sorghum rice according to the size of the family.Ma Hengchang, who was skeptical, really took back a bag of sorghum rice from the factory to save the whole family. He also witnessed the scene of the PLA representatives carrying grain from the train and helping the old workers deliver food to their homes. At that time, when the factory resumed production, one of the major difficulties restricting production was the shortage of tools and measuring tools.Ma Hengchang donated a "micrometer" that was treasured at home.But Ma Hengchang's wife was very distressed. This kind of ruler could not be manufactured in China at that time, and it was very scarce. It could be exchanged for a year's ration of the whole family. Even when Ma Hengchang's family suffered from malaria and could not eat, they were reluctant to sell it.Finally, under Ma Hengchang's persuasion, my wife agreed: "I'm willing to use it for the Communist Party!"

At the beginning of March 1949, Ma Hengchang, who had secretly joined the Communist Party, led a group of lathe workers to initiate a "Red May Labor Competition" for all workers in the factory, which set off a production upsurge to support the frontline, and effectively promoted the completion of the factory's pre-support production plan ahead of schedule. In April, the factory named the lathe worker group "Ma Hengchang Group" after Ma Hengchang, and awarded the group the first red flag of "production competition model class", and the Ma Hengchang Group was born.

In September 1950, Ma Hengchang participated in the National Conference of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Model Workers on behalf of his group.The team was awarded the title of National Model Worker Group - "Model on the Production Front", and Ma Hengchang was named a National Model Worker, becoming a glorious founding model worker.From 1950 to 1976, Ma Hengchang was cordially received by Chairman Mao 13 times. In the mid-1970s, the highly respected Ma Hengchang concurrently served as the deputy director of the Qiqihar City Staff Technical Association Committee.He took the initiative to take up the important task of the messenger of advanced technology promotion and dissemination.He organized the team and the skilled craftsmen in the factory to carry out mass technical association activities with innovation as the main content in the whole factory, and overcame one production technical difficulty after another.For decades, Ma Hengchang and his technical service team have traveled all over 19 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, and they have passed on Tongbao to provide technical services free of charge.

Ma Chunzhong, Ma Hengchang's son, recalled his father Ma Hengchang, saying that he was so harsh on himself and his family that he set a rule: in the face of personal interests and honor, he never opened his mouth, stretched out his hand, or specialized, and always put himself as an ordinary worker. In 1985, when Ma Hengchang was sick and was hospitalized in Beijing, his family also arranged to come to Beijing at Qier Machine Tool Factory to visit him in the ward according to the visiting hours stipulated by the hospital.When Mr. Ma noticed this situation, he was a little uneasy and even angry, and told his wife to let his children go back: "The factory spent several beds for me to see a doctor, and the company should not let the company waste money anymore." May 1985 In July, Ma Hengchang, who had advanced cancer, was hospitalized in Beijing Friendship Hospital. He said to Ma Chunzhong, who was nursing beside him, "We can't stay in Beijing any longer. We spend too much money. The leaders say they are not afraid of spending money, but it's all workers' hard-earned money. "Ma Chunzhong said: "This is the first time my father disobeyed the organization's decision."

"Together with one heart and win-win situation, being brave to be the first, daring to surpass, and rejuvenating the enterprise to serve the country" is the spiritual concept of Ma Hengchang Group. Over the past 60 years, Ma Hengchang and Ma Hengchang's team have created miracles one after another. They have completed 93 years of work, created 26.2 million yuan in benefits for the country and enterprises, and achieved 1,190 technological innovations.Three members of the group were awarded as national model workers, 12 were rated as provincial model workers, 3 were awarded the "National May 1st Labor Medal", 1 was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and 11 were elected as provincial and municipal people's congresses Representatives or party representatives, the group was named as a national advanced collective 5 times, and received provincial and ministerial awards 54 times.