To establish and propagate excellent models of contemporary youth, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the China Youth Federation elected to award 30 comrades, represented by Wang Hongbing, with the 18th China May 4th Youth Medal. RTVU students Li Zhihui, Chen Qingcheng and Tan Zhongneng were honoured with the award.
Ms. Li Zhihui, the Han nationality, was born in October 1982, and is a member of the Communist Party of China. She earned her bachelor’s degree in engineering management from Jiangsu RTVU, and is now a senior engineer and head of the sewer team from the Administration Office of the Municipal Facilities of the Bureau of Urban-Rural Construction of Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province.
In the five years that Ms. Li has worked with the sewer team, she has led the team in accomplishing such heavy tasks as maintenance, management and flood prevention for 170 km of drain headers, 40 km of rainwater branch pipes on main urban roads and 90 km of drainage pipelines on backstreet roadways. She succeeded in handling several emergencies, including a number of blockages and pipeline overflows, and has cleaned sludge and dredged spoils from more than 70 thousand cubic meters per year. She has created a compulsory pair service system in the community and served eight communities all year round. Ms. Li volunteered to send warmth to residents with living difficulties and insisted on washing clothes and cooking meals every week for seriously disabled seniors throughout the past four years.
Chen Qingcheng, an ethnically Han man, born in June 1976, is a member of the Communist Party of China. He earned a degree in business management from Guangzhou RTVU, and is now a senior technician and ship welder at Guangzhou Shipyard International Co., Ltd.
Chen Qingcheng has been undertaking hard and heavy hull welding work since he joined Guangzhou Shipyard International Co., Ltd. in 1996. He settled into the production line and set about studying assiduously and adopting an unceasing and enterprising working style. His complete dedication and hard work helped him accomplish outstanding achievements in his post. Mr. Chen rose from being an ordinary welder to lead his own team, then was promoted to foreman and senior technician. With his superb skills, conscientious working attitude and outstanding achievements, he has won more than 20 various honorary titles from his company, municipality, parent company and even the nation. The awards included “Outstanding Company Employee,” “Guangzhou Model Technician,” “Guangzhou Technical Skill Master with Outstanding Contributions,” “Guangzhou Model Worker,” “CSSC Hope Award” and as a highly-skilled expert from the talent pool of “Five-One-One Talents Project.” Chen also won the COSTIND, “National Technical Skill Master” award and “Special Government Allowance of the State Council,” among many others. He devoted himself to the study of his profession and made innovations in advanced welding techniques and technologies. He positively applied scientific and technical innovation and spread new techniques, new equipment and new materials to all of the company’s products in order to solve various production process difficulties. He has effectively promoted working efficiency and quality throughout his career. He has also enthusiastically passed on the technical skills he has acquired to his apprentices and accomplished distinguished feats in the improvement of shipbuilding. Mr. Chen has been undertaking and developing new products continuously during his time with the company.
Mr. Tan Zhongneng, the Han nationality, was born in December 1986 and is a member of Communist Party of China. Mr. Tan enlisted in the army in December 2006, and currently serves as an assistant commander of the special squadron of fire station of Fangchenggang City in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, holding the rank of sergeant. During his undergraduate years, he majored in administrative management at the Fangchenggang Branch of Guangxi RTVU.
During the rescue and relief operation for typhoon “Kai-Tak” in 2012, at a moment when many people’s lives and property were under serious threat, Tan Zhongneng and Nong Benhao boldly stepped out and used their own bodies to create a path of life through the flood. They successfully and safely moved 26 passengers to shore. After the media reported their deeds, their selfless disregard for their own personal safety in attempting to save others, tens of thousands of average citizens were moved. They earned the nicknames, “Bridge Brothers.” In August of 2013, Mr. Tan and Mr. Nong were promoted ahead of time and recommended for admission to the Kunming Command School of the Police Firefighting Army. In September of 2013, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Party Committee released “The Decision about carrying out the learning activity of learning from Tan Zhongneng and Nong Benhao,” calling for all cadres and civilians around the autonomous region to learn from Tan Zhongneng and Nong Benhao. (FYI: Nong Benhao is the vice squad leader of the third squad of the special squadron of the Fangchenggang City Fire Station).
By He Jing