Chapter 9 08. Kong Fansen——Love the people and make selfless dedication

Kong Fansen (1944-1994), a native of Wulidun Village, Tangyi, Liaocheng, enlisted in the army after graduating from Liaocheng Technical School in July 1961. In 1964, he was selected as an active member of the Jinan Military Region to study Chairman Mao’s works. In October of the same year, he went to Beijing to participate in the The 15th anniversary of the National Day ceremony. In September 1966, he joined the Communist Party of China honorably. In 1968, he was demobilized and returned to Liaocheng, where he served as the deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee of Liaocheng Technical School. In 1971, he worked in the production headquarters of Liaocheng Land Revolutionary Committee.Served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Liaocheng Prefectural Committee of the Communist Youth League. In March 1975, he served as the deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Liaocheng Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China. In July 1979, he went to the Tibet Autonomous Region.Served as deputy secretary of the Gangba County Committee of the Communist Party of China. He returned to Liaocheng in April 1981 and served successively as deputy secretary of the Shenxian County Committee of the Communist Party of China, deputy director of the Liaocheng Administrative Office and member of the party group, director of the Liaocheng Forestry Bureau and secretary of the party group, deputy commissioner and member of the party group of the Liaocheng Administrative Office. In 1988, he went to Tibet again and served as the deputy mayor and deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Lhasa Municipal People's Government. In November 1992, he was transferred to the secretary of the Ali District Committee, the first secretary of the Party Committee of the Ali Military Division, and the chairman of the Ali District Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In September 1994, he was awarded the title of "Advanced Individual of National Unity and Progress" by the State Council. On November 29, 1994, while leading a working group to inspect the Tacheng area of ​​Xinjiang, unfortunately, he died in the line of duty.

Kong Fansen consciously took the needs of the party and the people as his own responsibility, went to Tibet twice to work, and worked hard on the snowy plateau for ten springs and autumns. In 1979, he bid farewell to his elderly mother, frail wife and young child, and worked in Gangba County, Tibet Autonomous Region at an altitude of more than 4,700 meters for three years. At the end of 1992, when Kong Fansen’s second transfer to Tibet expired, the Party Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region decided to appoint him as Secretary of the Alidi Committee. Without hesitation, I obeyed the party's decision and the needs of the people.Ngari is located in the northwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region, with an average altitude of 4,500 meters, known as the "roof of the roof of the world".The area of ​​Ngari is equivalent to two Shandong provinces, but the population is only 60,000, and the land is sparsely populated. The temperature here is below zero all year round, and the lowest temperature is more than minus 40 degrees. There are more than 140 days of strong winds of magnitude 7 to 8 every year. The natural environment and harsh living conditions have discouraged many people.

During his tenure as secretary of the Alidi Party Committee, in order to find out the actual situation, he conducted in-depth investigations and research, sought advice and strategies, and looked for ways to lead the masses out of poverty and become rich.In less than two years, he visited 98 of the 106 townships in the whole region.Ngari is the most remote area in Tibet with the highest average altitude. When you go out, you often don’t see a single person for a day.When they were hungry, they ate dried beef and mutton, and when they were thirsty, they drank snow water from the mountains.Although the journey was difficult, Kong Fansen was full of optimism, and said to the entourage humorously: "Try it quickly, this is the best mineral water, and the plateau is not polluted. When we develop it, let foreigners buy it with dollars!"

Under Kong Fansen's hard work, Ali's economy has developed rapidly. In 1994, the gross national product of the whole region exceeded 180 million yuan, an increase of 37.5% over the previous year; the national income exceeded 110 million yuan, an increase of 6.7% over the previous year. In 1992, an earthquake occurred in Heizhu, Gongka and other counties of Lhasa City. Kong Fansen, the deputy mayor of Lhasa City, rushed to the disaster area.There, he adopted three orphans, Quni, Quyin and Gongsang, aged 12, 7 and 5.Although Kong Fansen is the deputy mayor, every time he goes to the countryside, he always has to bring some of his own money to the villagers who live in difficulties. Often, just halfway through a month, the wages are all spent, and sometimes there is not enough to pay for food.He himself often eats mustard and bibimbap, but he doesn't want his children to suffer like him. What if he doesn't have enough money?Kong Fansen sold blood for money to supplement nutrition for his children.Seeing that Kong Fansen's burden was too heavy, the mayor Gesang Dunzhu took Qu Ni away.

At Kong Fansen’s funeral, an elegiac couplet was hung, vividly summarizing Kong Fansen’s life, and expressing the memory of the Tibetan people for him: The first couplet: spotless, with a breeze in both sleeves, regard fame, wealth, safety and danger as light as lion spring and river water The second couplet: The two leave their homes and love the snowy land alone, making national unity as important as Mount Gangdise The song "Into Tibet" is a tribute to him. In order to commemorate Kong Fansen and carry forward the spirit of Kong Fansen's selfless dedication, the Liaocheng Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Liaocheng District Administrative Office, the Party Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the Communist Party of China, the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the Shandong Provincial People's Government successively made decisions to learn from Comrade Kong Fansen. "People's Daily" published an editorial "Learn from Comrade Kong Fansen".Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, Qiao Shi and other leading comrades successively wrote inscriptions for Kong Fansen, and spoke highly of Comrade Kong Fansen.The Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee posthumously awarded Kong Fansen the titles of "Model Communist Party Member" and "Excellent Leading Cadre".