Chen Lifu is the head of the Cc Department of the Kuomintang, in his memoirs, he specially opened up an excerpt to introduce a person, among the Communists, this person is the only exception, Chen Lifu in the text of this person gritted his teeth, calling him "the person who cursed the country conspiracy" This person is Ji Chaoding, the red man around Song Ziwen, the mysterious red agent of our army.
Ji Chaoding as a red agent, his name is still little known, unlike Shen Anna, Xiong Xianghui and others are now widely known, but in fact, Ji Chaoding's contribution to our party is huge, in 1963, after The death of Ji Chaoding, Premier Zhou Enlai as the chief priest, this specification can be seen, Ji Chaoding's secretary Liao Xunzhen said, before 1949, Ji Chaoding only had one superior, that is, Premier Zhou, and the role and contribution of Ji Chaoding to the party were only known to Premier Zhou.
Ji Chaoding is a native of Fenyang, Shanxi, born in 1903, participated in the May Fourth Movement, went to the United States to study in 1924, before going to the United States, Ji Chaoding paid a special visit to Li Dazhao, in 1927, Ji Chaoding joined the Communist Party, and also joined the Communist Party of the United States in the same year, in 1928, when Ji Chaoding returned to China, he passed through Moscow, where he met Zhou Enlai, and later participated in the Sixth Congress of the Comintern, serving as Deng Zhongxia's secretary.
In 1939, Ji Chaoding met Chen Guangfu, a well-known banker of the Kuomintang, in the United States, because of his excellent performance, Chen Guangfu attached great importance to him, in 1941, Ji Chaoding returned to China with Chen Guangfu, and under the instructions of Zhou Enlai, he entered the Kuomintang financial system to work.
Kong Xiangxi was the minister of finance of the National Government at that time, Ji Chaoding's father had been Kong Xiangxi's teacher, because of this relationship, Ji Chaoding accepted orders and established a relationship with Kong Xiangxi, Kong Xiangxi had great trust in Ji Chaoding, after his recommendation and the approval of the US government, Ji Chaoding took over the Leveling Foundation with a 100 million US dollar fund, in 1944, Ji Chaoding was also the director of the Foreign Exchange Management Committee of the Central Bank, becoming the core figure of the Kuomintang financial industry.
Chen Lifu was in charge of the central unification secret service system, which had investigated Ji Chaoding, and Chen Lifu also specifically warned Kong Xiangxi that Ji Chaoding was a member of the Communist Party, and once, Kong Xiangxi personally confronted Ji Chaoding on this issue, and Ji Chaoding did not admit his identity.
And Song Ziwen still trusted Ji Zhaoding, and since then, Ji Chaoding has become a red agent around Song Ziwen, and Ji Zhaoding later told his secretary Liao Xunzhen that "he obtained intelligence through the US embassy during the day and reported it at night."
At the end of the Kuomintang rule, Ji Zhaoding participated in the most important financial work, it was he who proposed to issue gold yuan bills, which eventually led to a more serious economic crisis in the country, which directly led to the economic collapse of the National Government, and later Chen Lifu blamed the Crime of the National Government's economic expansion and disorder on Ji Chaoding in his memoirs.
In 1948, Ji Chaoding was appointed as the director of the Economic Division of the North China Suppression General Bureau, and he had repeatedly discussed with Fu Zuoyi on the peaceful settlement of the Beiping issue, and after the founding of New China, Ji Chaoding served as vice chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and vice chairman of the Chinese Bank, and died in office in 1963.
After Ji Zhaoding's death, his identity in the Communist Party of China was revealed, and it was revealed in his obituary that Premier Zhou Enlai attached special importance to Ji Zhaoding's funeral, saying: "The list of Comrade Ji Chaoding's funeral committee should add the names of me and Deng Yingchao, and when the memorial service will be held, I will participate, and the memorial service cannot be held in a general place, but must be changed to the Capital Theater." ”
On the day of the memorial service of Ji Chaoding, Premier Zhou, as the chief priest, Chen Yi, Li Xiannian, and others were present, which shows the contribution of Ji Chaoding to New China, among the red agents of new China, Ji Zhaoding's identity is a very special one, he is the only one who has made contributions in the enemy's financial circles, and the hero is immortal!