Speaking of the diplomats of New China, we have to mention Wang Hairong, who can be said to have devoted all his energy to the diplomatic cause of New China.
Wang Hairong is not only an excellent diplomat in the country, but also in personal relations, she is also related to Chairman Mao and is a cousin and granddaughter of Chairman Mao.
Wang Hairong's life is very legendary, the first half of her life was protected by great people, often accompanied by great people to participate in various state affairs activities, receiving foreign guests, at that time all the diplomatic events of New China, as long as the great man appeared, it was bound to see Wang Hairong's figure, which can be described as unlimited scenery.
However, after the death of the great man, Wang Hairong's life also underwent a major turning point, and she could no longer see the scenery of the past.
So what kind of strange woman is Wang Hairong?
Descendants of revolutionary martyrs
Wang Hairong was born on September 25, 1938 in Changsha, Hunan Province, to a typical family of scholars.
Her grandfather, Wang Jifan, was a well-known educator on the mainland and a cousin of Chairman Mao.
When Chairman Mao entered the Hunan First Normal School, Wang Jifan also taught at this normal school.
During chairman Mao's schooling, Wang Jifan not only helped Chairman Mao academically and economically, but also also very much supported him in revolutionary activities and did not help him less, so in the process of Chairman Mao's growth, his cousin Wang Jifan had a very great influence on him.
Wang Hairong's father, Wang Deheng, was also a college student with strong patriotic enthusiasm, and when he was studying at Hunan University, he came into contact with communist ideas.
In 1939, Wang Deheng, with the support of his father, came to Yan'an with some progressive students to participate in the revolution.
Wang Deheng performed very well in his work, and in the second year of coming to Yan'an, he officially joined the party organization and became a glorious communist party member.
Later, according to the instructions of the party organization, Wang Deheng returned to Hunan to engage in underground work, although he worked at the doorstep of his home, but due to the particularity and confidentiality of the underground work, Wang Deheng never went home to see.
One day in 1942, when Wang Deheng was on a mission, his identity was exposed, and he was brutally killed by the enemy before he could retreat, and he had just turned thirty years old.
Chairman Mao was very saddened by the sacrifice of his cousin, but the revolutionary situation at that time was relatively special, coupled with the particularity of underground work, Chairman Mao temporarily blocked the news of the sacrifice of his cousin Wang Deheng in order to take into account the overall situation of the revolution, and did not tell his cousin and his family.
After the founding of New China, although Chairman Mao was very busy with major state affairs, he did not forget wang Jifan, who had helped him, and he personally wrote a letter inviting his cousin Wang Jifan to work in Beijing.
In 1950, Wang Hairong followed his grandfather to Beijing, and the next day after coming to Beijing, Chairman Mao invited Wang Jifan to be a guest in Zhongnanhai Fengze Garden, only to tell his cousin the news that his cousin had died a long time ago.
Chairman Mao has always felt guilty about the sacrifice of his cousin Wang Deheng, so he is very concerned about his daughter Wang Hairong.
Wang Hairong and Li Ne are similar in age, and the two are also very close and can talk together, so Wang Hairong often goes in and out of Zhongnanhai to find Li Ne to play, and sometimes accompanies Chairman Mao to walk and chat with Li Ne, and is like a family with Chairman Mao' family.
Great Man Care Enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2 Wang Hairong on the left
Wang Hairong knows how to learn very well, from small to large, his academic performance has been very excellent, but he did not expect to play abnormally in the college entrance examination and accidentally fell off the list.
Later, with the encouragement of her grandfather and school teachers, Wang Hairong studied for another year and was admitted to Beijing Normal University as she wished, and her chosen major was Russian.
In Wang Hairong's mind, after graduation, he can become a glorious people's teacher and cultivate talents for the country, which is also a very good thing.
Wang Hairong is very interested in foreign languages, so she is very serious about learning, in addition to majoring in Russian, she also taught herself English, French and German.
In order to make her foreign language speaking standard, she often practiced the pronunciation of foreign languages in front of the mirror.
In addition to learning the school curriculum, Wang Hairong was influenced by her grandfather since she was a child and liked to read very much, so in her spare time, her favorite place to go was the library.
Her classmates often said, "If it's not class time, if you want to find her, go to the library, you can definitely find her." 」 ”
After Wang Hairong graduated from university in 1965, just as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was recruiting staff, Chairman Mao told Premier Zhou about Wang Hairong's family situation, and Premier Zhou personally arranged for Wang Hairong to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Just after entering the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Hairong was mainly responsible for the sending and receiving of telegrams, and some clerks in the general office.
Although the work is not difficult, the content of the work is very important, most of the telegrams are related to Zhongnanhai, so Wang Hairong often travels between the great man and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Wang Hairong is conscientious and conscientious in her work, and every job is impeccable, which is highly praised by leaders and colleagues, and her excellent work ability is gradually presented.
In addition, because she was related to Chairman Mao and was personally arranged by Premier Zhou, Wang Hairong became a more prominent figure in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In Wang Hairong's heart, because of his special relationship with the great Chairman Mao, he secretly developed some pride and pride, but Wang Hairong's work ability was indeed very unusual.
In 1970, Wang Hairong was transferred to the Department of Etiquette of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take charge of reception work, and after that, less than a year later, Wang Hairong was promoted to deputy director of the Protocol Department.
In 1972, WHEN US President Richard Nixon visited China, Wang Hairong accompanied Premier Zhou in receiving him.
After successfully completing the task of hosting Nixon, Wang Hairong was promoted to vice minister of foreign affairs, the first female vice minister of foreign affairs since the founding of the mainland.
At that time, she was just 36 years old, not yet 40 years old, and she became an honorable promotion to such a position, which is not something that ordinary people can do, which must have a certain relationship with Chairman Mao's protection, but Wang Hairong's work ability is certainly the main reason for her promotion.
At this time, Wang Hairong's political career had reached its peak, she could be described as an infinite scenery, in the newspapers and television at that time, as long as there was news of the diplomatic conference, it must be indispensable to Wang Hairong's figure.
At that time, Wang Hairong, accompanied by Chairman Mao's side, always had a smiling face and listened quietly, which seemed to have an extraordinary temperament.
The death of a great man is not what it used to be
On September 9, 1976, after the death of the great leader Chairman Mao, Wang Hairong was as sad as everyone else.
However, shortly after Chairman Mao's death, the political situation suddenly changed, and Wang Hairong had not yet fully recovered from the grief of the death of the great man, she was forced to suspend her post and submit to the scrutiny of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Speaking of this, everyone must be very strange, Wang Hairong has been working diligently in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he has been very valued by Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou since he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, like Wang Hairong, as the main person in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he will definitely have contacts with the "Gang of Four" in his daily work, which cannot be avoided, so it is also reasonable to be subject to organizational scrutiny.
However, Wang Hairong was not demoralized by the suspension for review, and she was very active in cooperating with the organizational review of her.
Two years later, the examination finally ended, and Wang Hairong went to the Central Party School to study for a period of time, and after the end of the study, she was reassigned to work in the Central Organization Department.
In 1984, she received another order and was appointed deputy director of the Counsellor's Office of the State Council.
She has never complained about the arrangement of the party organization, no matter what job she puts in, she is so conscientious and responsible for the work.
Since Wang Hairong was transferred out of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she has lived a very low-key life, wearing a simple blue dress and pants, a pair of black cloth shoes, and no one she knows will associate her with the female diplomat who once made a big deal out of it.
Wang Hairong began to engage in diplomatic work from the moment she walked out of college, and she devoted most of her life to the diplomatic cause, and she never got married or started a family in her life.
Everyone speculates that she may be because she is too busy at work to talk about love and delay marriage and family.
It may also be because she was too good when she was young and never met a man who could match her, so she never married.
After Wang Hairong retired from her job, many people advised her to write a memoir to earn some writing fees and increase some additional income.
But she refused, she said that her temper is too straight, will not tell lies, if you write a memoir, it must be written all the truth, that will offend a large number of people, so it is better not to write.
Wang Hairong's later life is still very moist and comfortable, because her retirement treatment is very high, so the quality of life is very good.
Although she was childless and childless in her life, she lived with her brother and family, accompanied by nephews and nieces, and although her life was plain, it was also warm and happy.
On September 9, 2017, Wang Hairong quietly completed his life and passed away at the age of 79.
Epilogue:
Because of his grandfather and father, Wang Hairong formed a relationship with Chairman Mao, and Chairman Mao took good care of her out of concern for the children of the martyrs.
However, Wang Hairong did not live entirely on this kind of care.
Her success and brilliance in her career are actually based on her hard work and outstanding talents.
Chairman Mao was a man of great talent, and he did not recommend her to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs simply to take care of this cousin and granddaughter, but admired her talent and character and dared to reuse her.
Wang Hairong has never betrayed the trust of her great cousin's grandfather, poured all her body and mind into her work, and made outstanding contributions to China's diplomatic cause.
The most coincidental thing is that Wang Hairong and Chairman Mao actually died on the same day of the same month.