At three o'clock in the afternoon of October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao solemnly announced the founding of the People's Republic of China at the Tiananmen Tower, and the people who could watch the ceremony at the Tiananmen Tower at that time were all people who made great contributions to the founding of New China.
He was Saifuddin Azez, who was 34 years old.
SaiFuding is a native of Xinjiang, Uyghur, when he was a teenager, he received advanced ideological education due to his good family, and at the age of 20, his father sent him to the Soviet Union to study, where Saifuding accepted Marxism and strengthened his faith.
After returning to China, Sai Fuding threw himself into the anti-Japanese national movement, in Xinjiang, the warlord Sheng Shicai did not like these progressive youth very much, Sai Fuding was arrested and imprisoned, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance, all the Chinese united to resist japan, at the request of many ordinary people, Sai Fuding was released from prison by the authorities, after that, Sai Fuding still insisted on the front line of the anti-Japanese movement.
In 1944, Sheng Shicai carried out a horse sacrifice campaign in Xinjiang, the so-called horse sacrifice, in fact, from another aspect, is the direct exploitation of the people, in the face of such chaotic rule, the people of Xinjiang under the leadership of our party, decided to launch an uprising, in September, the Ili region first set up a guerrilla group, began to fight with Sheng Shicai's troops, after that, the people in Tacheng, Altay region also revolted one after another, known as the "three district revolution", history called "three district revolution",
At the beginning of the following year, the rebel army had occupied all the areas of Ili, in order to reorganize the troops, the rebel army was reorganized into a national army, they began to attack the Kuomintang troops, Sai Fuding threw himself into the middle, after the establishment of the revolutionary provisional government of the three districts, he successively served as a government commissioner, the director of the Department of Education and other positions.
At that time, although Sai Fuding did not join the Communist Party of China organization, all his actions and commands were guided by Marxism and Mao Zedong Thought, and later, Chairman Mao made a high evaluation of the revolution in the three regions, saying: "It is an important contribution to the liberation of all Xinjiang and the liberation of all China. ”
In 1946, the leader of the Revolutionary Provisional Government of the Three Districts formally accepted the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and Sai Fuding was very happy, and he successively served as acting chairman and chairman of the Xinjiang League for The Defense of Peace and Democracy.
In 1949, the party organization invited the leaders of the revolutionary government of the three districts to come to Beijing to attend the new CPPCC meeting, unfortunately, the plane they were on was killed by bad weather, chairman Mao was very sad when he heard the news, and at the same time, he asked the revolutionary government of the three districts to send another delegation to attend.
Sai Fuding became a suitable candidate at that time, and then he led a new Xinjiang delegation to Beijing to participate in the new CPPCC meeting, and on September 16, Sai Fuding, under the arrangement of Zhou Enlai, watched Peking opera at Huairen Hall in Zhongnanhai.
At that time, the person who acted was the famous character "Mei Lanfang", and not long after the play began, Sai Fuding saw a person standing in front of him and blocking himself, and when he was about to speak, Zhou Enlai's voice sounded next to him: "Chairman Mao has come to see you." ”
When Sai Fuding heard these words, he was very excited, because on the way to Beijing, he had been looking forward to seeing Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao held out his hand, Sai Fuding held it tightly, and because of the nervousness, he kept saying: "Thank you, thank you." ”
Then, Zhou Enlai introduced Commander-in-Chief Zhu De to everyone, and Sai Fuding was still very excited, and after a while, Chairman Mao and they left, and Zhou Enlai told them that today was mainly to invite them to watch the play, and tomorrow, Chairman Mao would meet them specifically.
The next day, Chairman Mao formally received SaiFuding in Zhongnanhai, and Chairman Mao spoke highly of the revolutionary struggle in the three regions, saying that the revolution in the three regions was part of the democratic revolution of the Chinese people and had made contributions to the liberation of the Great Northwest and even the whole country. ”
After hearing this, SaiFuding was very excited.
Later, Sai Fuding wanted to join the Communist Party of China, but never had a chance, and when Premier Zhou Enlai arranged for them to return to Xinjiang on October 22, Sai Fuding plucked up the courage to hand over his application to join the party to Chairman Mao, who was very happy to say: "Good." ”
On the 23rd, Sai Fuding came to the airport with the Xinjiang delegation and prepared to leave, and after a while, Zhou Enlai came, he shook Sai Fuding's hand, and said to Sai Fuding happily: "I wish you a safe journey, and I want to tell you a good news, Chairman Mao approved your application to join the party." ”
Sai Fuding was very excited, after they left, the plane first flew to Jiuquan, where Sai Fuding was warmly welcomed by Peng Dehuai, as well as Wang Zhen and others, the first thing he did was to hand over Chairman Mao's telegram to Peng Dehuai, and then he handed over his application to join the party to Peng Dehuai.
After Peng Dehuai saw it, he said happily: "Well, congratulations on joining the army of the Communist Party of China." Later, under the introduction of Wang Zhen, Sai Fuding became a Communist Party as he wished.
From 1949 to 1976, in the past 27 years, SaiFuding was cordially received by Chairman Mao many times, and Chairman Mao also invited SaiFuding to his home many times to be a guest and invited him to dinner, knowing that Saifuding was a native of Xinjiang, so Chairman Mao specially invited people to make beef and mutton for Saifuding to eat in order to suit his tastes.
When the title was conferred in 1955, SaiFuding was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General for his outstanding contributions.
At the First National Congress, Sai Fuding was elected vice chairman of the National People's Congress and became a vice-minister, after which he was re-elected for seven consecutive terms, and on the eighth occasion, he was elected vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, from 1954 to 1988, a total of 34 years.