During the war, in the field of education in the people's army, He Changgong was an old qualification, who had served as the president of the Red Army University, the chief education officer of the Kang Da, the vice president, and the vice president of the Northeast Military and Political University, and worked in the field of military education for 15 years.
According to such experience in running schools, after the founding of New China, the most suitable position was to serve at the Nanjing Military Academy, and he could eventually be arranged to serve as vice minister of the Ministry of Heavy Industry.
For this position, the superior believes that he once studied machinery manufacturing, and then led the Military Industry Department of the Northeast Military Region to work in military production for 3 years, and has rich experience in industrial production. For a new China that is in ruins and waiting to be rebuilt, it is necessary to arrange cadres to urgently needed jobs. He still knows a little bit about industrial production.
In 1952, the Ministry of Heavy Industry was split up and the cadres were assigned to the First Machine Department, the Second Machine Department, and the newly formed Geology Department. Bo Yibo talked to He Changgong and hoped that he would go to the Ministry of Geology to work. Geological work and education, industrial production is not compatible, as the saying goes: interlaced like a mountain! He said: Comrade Yibo, this is a difficult thing to do, I have never talked about the price of the organization's distribution work in my life, but this time I have to talk about the price, can you assign me to work in other relevant units.
Bo Yibo said to him: Can't change! Your appointment was proposed by Premier Zhou and agreed by Chairman Mao.
When it comes to the establishment of the Ministry of Geology, Li Fuchun suggested it to the central authorities, because when the first five-year plan was formulated, many projects could not be put on, that is, they lacked the basis for geological and mineral qualifications. Although the Steering Committee of the Geological Work Plan in 1950, it was difficult to undertake the task of developing and expanding the geological team, so it was decided to form the Geology Department.
At that time, the chairman of the committee was Li Siguang, who formed the Ministry of Geology, with him as minister and He Changgong as vice minister.
Why did you let the old qualified He Changgong take the deputy post?
First of all, before the establishment of the Ministry of Geology, Li Siguang had already served as the director of the Steering Committee of the Geological Work Plan, and he was an expert in geology, and it was more convenient to lead the work.
Secondly, considering that Li Siguang is also the vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it is necessary to ensure that he has a certain amount of time to engage in scientific research work, and cannot spend most of his time on administrative work, so he is transferred to serve as vice minister and responsible for the work of the Ministry of Geology.
From the agrarian revolution to the Liberation War, He Changgong successively engaged in educational work at the Red University, the Kang University, and the Northeast Military and Political University for 15 years. And doing geological work, 15 years, two 15 years, occupied a considerable amount of time in his life.
The initial stage of geological work is exploration, surveying, mapping. The smooth progress of the work of the Ministry of Geology is related to the progress of many projects. To this end, the work encountered problems and difficulties, and after reflecting the great Zhou Premier and Chen Yun, the premier said: As long as the construction needs are guaranteed, what you want to give.
With the support of the Prime Minister, his courage has also been strengthened, the strength of the Geology Department has been enriched, and the direction has been clarified. In terms of the types of minerals with proven reserves in the country, there were only 2 in 1949, increased to 10 in 1952, increased to 74 in 1957, and expanded to 103 in 1966. Fruitful geological achievements have been achieved, which basically meet the needs of the construction of the First Five-Year Plan and the Second Five-Year Plan.
Later, the Ministry of Geology explored geology and discovered the Daqing oil field in Songliao, which caused the hat of poor oil to be removed. The second machine department needs uranium ore, and also makes a great contribution to the search for uranium, and through exploration to find important uranium ore and hand it over to the second machine department, so that the atomic bomb can be put into production as soon as possible and make a great contribution.