For Bogu, friends who know the history of the Chinese revolution are familiar with him, his original name was Qin Bangxian, and he was one of the early leaders of the Chinese Communist Party.
Bogu has a little-known brother named Qin Bangli, who is also a prominent figure. During the war years, he made great contributions to the cause of the Chinese revolution, and also personally founded China Resources Company, which later became a business giant.
Qin Bangli (1908-1968)
In 1908, Qin Bangli was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, in a scholarly school, where he and his older brother Qin Bangxian went to school.
When he was 8 years old, his father died of illness, the family lost its pillars, began to decline, and the economy became increasingly poor.
At the age of 14, in order to provide for his sister and brother to study, Qin Bangli chose to drop out of school and came to a money house as an apprentice.
With the rise of the Chinese workers' and peasants' movement, the Qin Bangli brothers also began to contact Marxism. In 1926, after Bogu went to study at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, Qin Bangli also began to participate in revolutionary activities.
After failing to participate in the Wuxi Autumn Harvest Uprising, Qin Bangli secretly went to Shanghai to work in a small shop.
Although it was an inconspicuous low-level job, Qin Bangli did it very seriously, and within two years, he knew all kinds of work in the store, laying a good foundation for him to start a business in the future.
Young Qin Bangli
After returning to Shanghai from Moscow in 1930, Bogu served as secretary and head of the Provisional Politburo.
At that time, the revolutionary situation was very grim, and Shanghai was shrouded in a white terror, but Qin Bangli resolutely chose to join the Communist Party of China and engage in revolutionary activities with his brother.
In extremely dangerous situations, Qin Bangli was always able to evade the enemy's search and arrest, and did the work assigned by his superiors excellently, so he also won the trust of the organization.
One day in 1931, in a shop on the street of Shanghai, Chen Yun, the secretary of the Central Special Branch, quietly took out two gold bars and handed them to Qin Bangli.
After receiving two yellow chengcheng gold bars, Qin Bangli felt a heavy responsibility like holding two heavy stones. Because this is the heavy trust entrusted to him by the organization, he has to use this as capital to raise funds for the organization, as well as a series of important tasks such as the establishment of transportation stations.
Qin Bangli packed up the gold bars, clasped Chen Yun's hand and said, "Please rest assured, I will certainly not betray the trust of the organization in me!" ”
Soon after, Qin Bangli opened a rice shop and a furniture store in Shanghai. These two stores, on the one hand, can fund the organization, and on the other hand, they can also serve as the organization's contact point.
One day, comrades in the party were holding a meeting in the furniture store, when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside, and Qin Bangli said: "Not good! The enemy is coming! ”
So, everyone quickly hid the meeting documents in the mezzanine of the furniture, and then pretended to play mahjong, so they escaped the disaster.
Since then, Qin Bangli has used the income from the operation of the shop to open several sugar shops, stationery stores, and south goods stores, opening up more transportation stations for the organization, and because of his effective operation, these shops have provided a lot of funds for the organization.
As a result of the frenzied repression of the enemy and the betrayal of the revolution by some comrades, the underground organization of our Party in Shanghai was seriously damaged.
Group photo of Qin Bangli's family
In 1933, the main cadres in Shanghai were arranged to secretly go to the Central Soviet District, and Qin Bangli was responsible for escort work many times.
He repeatedly traveled back and forth between Shanghai and Shantou on ships, and successfully escorted Liu Shaoqi, Zhang Wentian, Chen Yun, Bogu, Li De, and other leading comrades to the Soviet zone, which can be said to have made great contributions to the revolution.
In 1935, Qin Bangli went to Moscow with Chen Yun and others to report to the Comintern.
After returning to China in 1937, Qin Bangli continued to operate a shop in Shanghai.
Soon after, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, Shanghai fell, and Qin Bangli's operation in Shanghai also encountered great difficulties.
At this time, in order to carry out the War of Resistance, the organization needs a lot of funds, so who will raise funds for the organization?
The comrades in the Party were the first to think of Qin Bangli, because in the years in Shanghai, Qin Bangli had accumulated a lot of experience in business, coupled with his good eloquence, foreign languages, and the most important thing was that he was infinitely loyal to the revolutionary cause.
Therefore, the central authorities immediately decided to let Qin Bangli go to Hong Kong to open a company to assist the Eighth Route Army in Hong Kong.
Qin Bangli (front right)
One of Qin Bangli's most important tasks was to use commercial activities to procure materials to support the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in resisting Japan.
In 1938, Qin Bangli opened a trading company in Hong Kong called Lianhe bank.
This company, nominally dealing in groceries, was secretly procuring materials needed for the anti-Japanese base areas.
In the base areas, medical supplies and living materials were very scarce, and Qin Bangli procured a large number of important materials according to the needs of the organization, and these materials played a great role in the War of Resistance.
In 1941, Hong Kong also fell, and Qin Bangli successfully transferred more than 800 democrats and cultural celebrities, making another contribution to the country.
After the end of the War of Resistance, Qin Bangli accepted a new task, and Zhou Enlai asked him to carry out overseas trade.
Qin Bangli (back right, second from right)
During the Liberation War, Qin Bangli established a freight corridor between the Liberated Areas and Hong Kong, exchanging grain from the mainland for industrial materials and medical supplies.
In this way, Lianhe Company has also grown rapidly, with increasing turnover, continuous expansion of scale, and continuous strengthening of social influence, and it is no longer a small company.
At this time, Qin Bangli felt that he could no longer use the name of the private company, but should change the more atmospheric and revolutionary name.
Qin Bangli pondered for several days, and first determined a word in the company's name: Hua.
Because Lianhe Company operates the cause of the state and serves the sons and daughters of all China, the word "Hua" is a must.
What is another word called good? Qin Bangli thought and thought, and finally determined the word "run". The leader of the Communist Party, Chairman Mao, is a character for "run", and the word "run" is both a tribute to Chairman Mao and the meaning of China moisturizing all things.
When Qin Bangli said his thoughts, everyone said, "The name 'China Resources' is so good!" ”
On December 18, 1948, China Resources Company was officially established in Hong Kong.
In the three major battles of the Liberation War, China Resources Company provided a steady stream of materials for the Platon, and it can be said that wherever the PLA fights, CHINA RESOURCES will send the materials to wherever it goes.
After the founding of New China, China Resources Company was handed over to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Qin Bangli served as the director of the Comprehensive Planning Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, and then served as the deputy director of the Foreign Economic commission.
China Resources Group Headquarters Building
In December 1968, Qin Bangli died of illness at the age of 60.
The China Resources Company founded by Qin Bangli has made indelible contributions to China's revolutionary cause and the birth of New China.
Today's China Resources Group is not only a Fortune 500 company, but also shoulders social responsibility and is full of mission. In the 2018 CSR rankings, China Resources Group topped the list.