As we all know, the "iron man" Wang Jinxi is a model representative of the mainland oil industry, in the construction and development of the Daqing oilfield in the 60s of the last century, Wang Jinxi was appointed as the deputy commander of the Daqing Petroleum Battle Command, and he was also awarded the "five good pacesetters of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry" because of his outstanding performance. Speaking of which, do you know who Bole was who found out Wang Jinxi? This person is Kang Shien, who used to be in charge of the mainland's oil department. So, what is the story of Kang Shien?
Kang Shien was born in 1915, a native of Huai'an, Hebei Province, his grandfather was a businessman, and his father taught in the county, so the family conditions were very good, and Kang Shien also received a good education since he was a child. It was also in the process of studying that Kang Shien came into contact with progressive ideas and hated a series of atrocities planned by the Japanese army in North China. In 1935, when Kang Shien was still in high school, he joined the "129" patriotic movement and participated in the tide of the times of anti-Japanese salvation.
In 1937, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, 22-year-old Kang Shien also chose to join the army and joined the Eighth Route Army in the Taiyuan Office of the Eighth Route Army. After joining the Eighth Route Army, Kang Shien was assigned to the 120th Division and began to engage in democracy movement work. Kang Shien's highly educated and revolutionary experience made him very handy, and soon he mobilized a team of more than 100 people to join the anti-Japanese armed self-defense force, and Kang Shien was also appointed as the company commander of this team.
In the subsequent War of Resistance Against Japan, Kang Shien spent most of his time engaged in the work of the democracy movement, and he also witnessed the surrender of the Japanese army and the victory of the War of Resistance. During the Liberation War, Kang Shien was appointed as the director of the Political Department of the Yanmen Military Division, mainly working in the northwest region, participating in the defense of Yan'an, Lanzhou Campaign and other battles, and was one of the heroes who created New China.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Kang Shien was sent to the Yumen Oil Mine, the main task is to find oil-based energy for New China, after which Kang Shien was appointed as the director of the Northwest Petroleum Administration, vice minister of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry and other positions, for the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China to do a lot of basic work for the development of the oil industry. In 1960, Kang Shien was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Daqing Oilfield Battle Headquarters, and actually commanded the construction and development of the Daqing Oilfield. It is worth mentioning that the Minister of Petroleum Industry at that time was Yu Qiuli, Kang Shien and Yu Qiuli discovered Wang Jinxi together, and set Wang Jinxi as a model, and the mainland's oil industry also ushered in a period of rapid development under their leadership.
In 1978, at the age of 63, he was appointed deputy prime minister and concurrently served as director of the National Economic Council, mainly responsible for the management of the Ministry of Petroleum and other departments. However, in 1979, only one year after serving as vice premier, the 64-year-old Kang Shien was "demerited", what happened?
It turned out that on November 25 of this year, the "Bohai No. 2" drilling ship of the Offshore Oil Exploration Bureau of the Ministry of Petroleum was overturned by the wind and waves on the sea, and 72 workers were killed, which was a major safety accident and a direct economic loss of more than 37 million yuan. After the accident, the relevant departments attached great importance to it and quickly set up an accident investigation team and an aftermath team to properly handle the accident. However, as the deputy prime minister in charge, Kang Shien was considered to be responsible for the leadership of the accident, and he was also given a "major demerit" for this.
However, two years later, the wreck of the accident was salvaged, and the relevant departments also carried out a systematic appraisal of the wreck. During the appraisal of the wreck, the relevant authorities found that the capsizing of the ship was not the responsibility of the Ministry of Petroleum, but the design flaw of the hull itself. This means that the handling of Kang Shien back then was wrong, and he should not be held responsible for the accident.
In 1982, the relevant departments issued a notice, which not only affirmed Kang Shien's great contribution to the development of the mainland's petroleum industry, but also revoked his "major demerit", and the 67-year-old Kang Shien was also restored. After his retirement, Kang Shien also served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Committee, and continued to guide the country's economic construction and development, and in 1995, Kang Shien died of illness in Beijing at the age of 80.