Wang Chonglun
Wang Chonglun (1927–2002) was a Chinese model worker at the Anshan Iron and Steel Company (Angang).
Biography
[edit | edit source]Wang was born in 1927 in Liaoyang, Liaoning.[1]
Wang was a Chinese model worker at the Anshan Iron and Steel Company (Angang).[2]: 241-243 His work speed resulted in the nickname "man in front of time".[1][3]: 245
In December 1953, Wang organized the Wang Chonglun Advanced Producer School, modeled on the Stakhanovite School of the Soviet Union.[2]: 216
In 1960, Wang worked at Angang's Northern Machine-Repair Factory.[2]: 243 There, Wang invented a semi-automated drilling machine that increased worker drilling speed by a factor of fourteen.[2]: 243
Wang and a group of other model workers proposed that the All-China Federation of Trade Unions launch a national technological innovation campaign, which the ACFTU did.[3]: 245
Wang became was the chairman of the Anshan Iron and Steel Trade Union, vice chairman of the ACFTU, and deputy secretary of the Harbin Municipal Party Committee.[1]
Wang died in 2002.[1]
Cultural depictions
[edit | edit source]Wang's experiences, along with those of fellow Anshan model worker Meng Tai, are portrayed in the 2022 film Steel Will.[4]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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