Chapter 27 Gao Gang

Gao Gang (1905-1954) was born in Gaojiagou, Wuzhen Township, Hengshan County, Shaanxi Province.His original name was Gao Chongde, and his courtesy name was Shuoqing.Born in a poor peasant family. In 1922, he was admitted to Hengshan County First Senior Primary School.Affected by his party activities, he organized a student self-government association and served as the chairman of the student union. He was expelled from the school for participating in progressive activities.Later, he was admitted to the school by Du Bincheng, the head of Yulin Middle School. January 1927.Introduced by Wu Daifeng, then captain of the Xi'an Military and Political Team of the National Revolutionary Army, he entered Xi'an Zhongshan Military School to study and joined the Communist Party of China in February. In June, he got in touch with the Hengshan Party Branch, organized a popular seminar on the peasant movement, and established a peasant association.

In the autumn of 1928, he went to Jia County and Wubao to organize the masses to fight against grain donations.Soon Tiaofushi (now Yan'an) started underground work. In 1929, he was sent to the warlord army to carry out military transport work.He served as the deputy secretary of the special branch of the party of the Xuebing Brigade. From January to May 1930, served as the deputy secretary of the CCP Special Detachment of the Fourth Cavalry Division of Feng Yuxiang. In February 1932, he served as a traffic officer of the Shaanxi-Gansu Guerrilla Team of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and was later promoted to the political commissar of the second brigade.

On August 14, 1933, as a special commissioner of the provincial party committee, he participated in the joint meeting of the party, government and army held by the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Special Committee of the Communist Party of China in Chenjiapo, Zhaojin.Together with Xi Zhongxun, Qin Wushan, Li Miaozhai and other comrades, he solved the problem of concentration and individual action of the Red Army guerrillas with correct ideas, and at the same time served as the political commissar of the temporary general headquarters of the Red Army in the Shaanxi-Gansu border.On November 3 of the same year in Baojiazhai, Taishui County, Gansu Province, he participated in the Baojiazhai meeting held by the temporary general headquarters of the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Red Army and the Special Committee of the Shaanxi-Gansu Border and made a work report.On November 8 of the same year, he served as the political commissar of the 42nd Division of the Red 26th Army, which was formally established.

In May 1934, he served as a member of the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Military Commission. After August, due to a mistake, he was transferred to the Second Route Guerrilla as the political commissar. From February to September 1935, he served as the vice chairman of the Northwest Working Committee of the Communist Party of China and the political commissar of the former enemy headquarters of the Northwest Military Commission (since May of the same year). In September 1935, he was imprisoned during the false suppression of counter-revolutionaries.After being rescued by the Central Committee. In January 1936, he was sent to the Trilateral Region of Inner Mongolia, and from June to October, he served as the head of the Inner Mongolia Working Committee of the Communist Party of China. In October, he served as deputy secretary of the Minority Work Committee of the Shaanxi-Gansu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. Secretary in December.

From May to September 1937, he served as an executive member of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Special Zone Committee.From August of the same year to April 1938, he served as Secretary of the Minority Work Committee of the Party Committee of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region of the Communist Party of China. From August 1937 to September 1942, he served as commander and political commissar of the Security Command of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region (since January 1941). From May 1938 to September 1941, served as Secretary of the CPC Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Committee.

From November 1938 to May 1941, he served as a member of the Northwest Working Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Since January 1939, he has been a member of the Production Movement Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.From the same year to August 1945.He served as the chairman and chairman of the Senate of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. From the winter of 1939 to August 1941, he served as a member of the board of directors of Shanbei Public School. From September 1940 to May 1941, he served as Secretary of the Central Bureau of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region.

Since April 1941, he has been a member of the Central Rear Working Committee of the CPC Central Committee.From May of the same year to September 1945, he served as secretary of the Northwest Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. From June to October 1941 and May 1943, he served as the head of the United Front Work Department of the Northwest Bureau. Since June 1941, he has been a member of the Central Finance and Economics Committee of China. From June 1942, together with Ren Bishi, he was in charge of the Study Committee of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region System Division.Since the same month, he has been a member of the Finance and Economics Committee of the Northwest Bureau.

From 1943 to July 1945, served as deputy political commissar of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shanxi-Sui Joint Defense Force. Acting political commissar from 1943 to September 1945. From May 1943 to February 1944, he served as the principal of the Northwest Party School. Since December 1943, he has been the main person in charge of the core group of friendly forces in the Northwest Bureau. In May 1944, he attended the Seventh Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and participated in the Reporting Committee on Organizational Issues and the Preparatory Committee for Resolutions on Party History Issues.

From April to June 1945, as the director of the delegation of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, he led a delegation to attend the Seventh National Congress of China's Industrial and Commercial Affairs Commission, was elected as a member of the presidium of the congress and a member of the Representative Qualification Review Committee, and made a speech at the congress on striving for the middle Statements on molecular, production, style issues.Elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.Later, he was ordered to go to the Northeast and served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Northeast Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

From November 1945 to January 1946, he served as commander of the North Manchuria Military Region. From May 1946 to May 1949, he served as the acting secretary and secretary-general of the Northeast Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (from June 1946), and from August to December 1946, he served as the acting secretary of the Northeast Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. From June 1946 to December 1947, he served as the deputy political commissar of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army.From June of the same year to March 1949, he served as a member of the Northeast Branch of the Central Military Commission.

In August 1948, he concurrently served as the director of the General Office of the Northeast Bureau and the director of the Policy Research Office (since September of the same year). In April 1949, he concurrently served as the director of the Finance Committee. From August 1948 to June 1949, he served as the first deputy commander of the Northeast Military Region and deputy political commissar of the Northeast Military Region (since November 1948). In May 1949, he served as secretary of the Northeast Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.From June of the same year to September 1954, he served as commander and political commissar of the Northeast Military Region. From November 1950 to April 1954, he served as Secretary of the Party Committee. From August 1949 to January 1953, he served as chairman of the Northeast People's Government and director of the People's Economic Planning Commission (until August 1950). From October 1949 to August 1954, he served as Vice Chairman of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. In October 1949, he served as a member of the People's Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central People's Government, and from November 1951 to August 1954, he served as vice chairman. From August 1952 to April 1954, he served as the first secretary of the Northeast Bureau. From January 1953 to February 1954, he served as chairman of the Northeast Administrative Committee. From November 1951 to August 1954, he served as the director of the Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China. In 1953, he was transferred to the central government. In September 1954, at the Fourth Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.He was exposed and criticized for his conspiracy with Jao Shushi to split the party and usurp the highest power of the party and the country. He committed suicide on August 17, 1954. In March 1955, the National Congress of the Communist Party of China passed a resolution to expel him from the party and remove him from all positions inside and outside the party.