68 years ago, a "cradle" was born in the wilderness, giving birth to the automobile industry of New China.
"We also want to have such a big factory." In December 1949, when Mao Zedong visited stalin's automobile factory in the Soviet Union, he said this to his entourage.
At the beginning of the founding of New China, a hundred wastes were waiting to be rebuilt and a hundred industries were waiting to be lifted. Automobile is the symbol of industrial civilization, and the automobile industry has a strong pulling effect on the national economy and manufacturing industry. Therefore, the Party Central Committee put the establishment of a new Chinese automobile industry on the agenda, and listed the construction of a modern automobile manufacturing plant as one of the 156 key projects during the "First Five-Year Plan" period.
Chairman Mao's handwritten inscription "Commemoration of the Foundation Laying of the First Automobile Manufacturing Plant"
Jilin - the cradle of the new Chinese automobile industry
In 1953, Comrade Mao Zedong issued the "Instruction of the CPC Central Committee on Striving to Build the Changchun Automobile Factory in Three Years" and personally inscribed "Commemoration of the Foundation Laying of the First Automobile Factory". On July 15, FAW laid the foundation stone in the expectation of the whole country.
July 15, 1953 Groundbreaking Ceremony of the First Automobile Factory
Concentrate on doing great things and use the strength of the whole country to support FAW construction. 10,000 builders from 28 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country, including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Shandong, gathered in Changchun. Jilin Province even gave full support to FAW to build the plant, and when the construction project was at its most tense, the cadres of Changchun City, students of colleges and middle schools, and soldiers of the army formed a voluntary labor force of more than 30,000 people to support the construction of the automobile plant.
Support FAW construction throughout the country
In only 3 years, the first domestic automobile in New China was born in this black land.
On July 13, 1956, FAW was completed and put into operation, and the first domestic automobile in New China, the "Jiefang" brand truck, was successfully rolled off the production line, ending the history of New China's inability to manufacture cars.
On July 13, 1956, the first domestic Jiefang brand truck rolled off the production line
Two years later, the first car in New China, Dongfeng Car, and the first high-end car, Hongqi Car, rolled off the production line in the same year, opening the road of Chinese's own production of cars.
On August 1, 1958, FAW trial-produced the first Hongqi brand high-end sedan
Because of this, FAW was named the "cradle of the new Chinese automobile industry", and its completion and production opened a new page in China's automobile manufacturing industry.
On February 13, 1958, Chairman Mao Zedong inspected FAW
Wasteland factory building, transformation, dream car, innovation and self-research, revitalization of Hongqi... From scratch, from having to being strong, FAW has always shouldered the heavy responsibility of the times, and the scenery is unique.
Red flags in the auto show
The cradle of the new Chinese automobile industry, and now has bred a series of automobile brands such as Hongqi and Jiefang, China's automobile industry has been abundant and is ushering in a new take-off.
New Faw-hongqi cars
"We must master the key core technologies in our own hands, and we must set this ambition to build up the national automobile brand." Facing the new era, the instructions are in the ears, the heavy responsibilities are on the shoulders, and the more ambitious and magnificent dreams are being realized step by step.
Source: People's Daily