Cao Liang

Cao Liang

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Cao Liang is a loyal communist fighter and an outstanding underground worker of the Communist Party of China.

Student days

He was born in 1904 in a poor tenant family in Changning County, Hunan Province. When he was a boy, he studied in a Presbyterian educational high school with a grant from the ancestral temple. After graduation, Wen Nandou, the pastor who presided over the school, introduced him to Yanjing University, which was presided over by Leiden Stuart in Beijing. He worked as a translator in Union Medical College on weekends and holidays. at school, he participated in the student activities of the YMCA and served as the president of the YMCA of Yanjing University. In 1922, in order to fight against the anti imperialist consciousness of the Chinese people since the May 4th movement, the United States sent Mulder to China and established the "World Christian student union" in Beijing, which aroused the counterattack of Chinese intellectuals. With the support of Zhang Qinshi, the student affairs officer of the Beijing Youth Association, Cao Liang contacted the Youth Association of Tsinghua University and other representatives to jointly launch an independent and joint "Chinese Christian Student Movement". 1926 presided over a memorial service for Peng Tinggui, a martyr of March 18th. In April 1927, Comrade Li Dazhao was arrested and hanged by warlord zhang zuolin. Cao Liang and his classmates held a memorial meeting in secret in the classroom. They lit candles to remember Comrade Li Dazhao.

Youth

In the summer of 1927, after Cao Liang graduated, Shen Tilan, director of the National Association of the Chinese YMCA, who was responsible for the work of the national YMCA, came to Beijing and met Cao Liang. They are like-minded and like-minded at first sight. Mr. Shen invited him to work together in Shanghai. Under the influence of the great revolution, Cao Liang and Shen Tilan initiated the establishment of the Preparatory Committee for the Chinese Christian student movement when the National Conference of the YMCA was held in Nanjing in 1927. In the work of the Youth Association, he and Shen Tilan jointly organized the world society and published the world monthly. Cao Liang served as editor in chief. He publicized anti imperialism, anti feudalism and anti warlords, and publicized and studied socialism. After the September 18th Incident in 1931, Cao Liang supported Shen Tilan to launch the "ten member national salvation League" and organized the "time society" to discuss the issue of Anti Japanese and national salvation. There were also more than ten young men's and women's Association secretaries such as Zhang Naiqi, Li Gongpu, Wu Yaozong, Zhang Yifan, Guan Meirong, Deng Yuzhi and Jin Jiangji who participated in the "time society". In 1932, Shen Tilan became the principal of MAILUN middle school and began to reform the school. President Shen invited Cao Liang to serve as the dean of academic affairs of the university to jointly plan and carry out a series of reforms and innovations. At the end of 1932, the world anti imperialist war committee decided to send British, French and Belgian delegation to China to investigate and prepare for the Far East anti war conference in Shanghai. On September 30, 1933, the meeting was held secretly in Hongkou, Shanghai. The meeting established the Chinese branch of the anti imperialist war committee and elected Song Qingling as its chairman. Cao Liang has made great contribution to the whole process of translation.

Join the Communist Party of China

In 1934, he joined the Communist Party of China in Shanghai, introduced by Comrade Tian Han and Yang Hansheng. He worked under the direct leadership of Zhou Enlai and Guo Moruo. The 1930s was an era of great development of revolutionary literature and art. Under the leadership of the party's culture and Culture Commission, the "China left wing culture general alliance" (Wen Zong) was established. After joining the party, Cao Liang became a member of the Party group in the general cultural alliance and a leading member of the Party group in the alliance of social scientists. On the new year's day of 1934, the founding meeting of the "Friends of the Soviet Union" was held in Shanghai Youth Association. Cao Liang, Tian Han, Yang Hansheng, Wang Xinyuan, Hu Yuzhi and other ten people were elected as members of the Standing Committee of the society, with Cao Liang as executive director. This society mainly introduces the political, economic and cultural situation of the Soviet Union. In July 1937, after Cao Liang was ordered to retreat to Wuhan, Comrade Zhou Enlai decided that he would not go to Yan'an, but stay in the Kuomintang area where talents were badly needed. After the fall of Wuhan in 1938, he retreated to Chongqing. Under the leadership of Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao, he cooperated with the office of the Eighth Route Army. He is a secretary in the Propaganda Department of the Ministry of political affairs in Wuhan, and often works as a translator for Zhou Enlai and Guo Moruo. When Anna Louis strong, an American progressive writer, came to Hankou, Cao Liang introduced her to meet Zhou and Guo and worked as a translator. He also met with Zhou and Guo as a translator for the British female writer, attler (the author of the book mud feet). Leiden Stuart, President of Yanjing University, asked to see the person in charge of the Communist Party. After Cao's report, Zhou Enlai decided to be introduced by Cao. During the meeting, he published our party's Anti Japanese policy, which Cao Ren translated. In addition, Evans, the Dutch film director, was accompanied by Cao Liangren to support China's Anti Japanese war in filming documentaries in China.

While working in Hong Kong

In 1939, Cao Liang went to Hong Kong. Assist Soong Ching Ling and snow to set up the "International Committee of China Industrial cooperatives" in Hong Kong. At the end of 1941, when the Pacific War broke out, they decided by the organization to return to Shanghai to hide. Since then, we have listened to domestic and foreign radio every night and organized the communication. During the whole period of the Anti Japanese War, until liberation, Cao Liang followed the instructions of Comrade Zhou Enlai and was led by comrades pan Hannian and Li Kenong. Through various relations, he did a lot of work to divide and disintegrate the enemy forces, won over a number of important figures, and made important contributions to the victory of the Anti Japanese war. In August 1946, they established Shanghai Jinghua Co., Ltd. with their friends. After that, the organization decided that they would go to Hong Kong again. In 1947, Jinghua Co., Ltd. was established in Hong Kong according to law. Cao Liang served as the chairman and internal political leader, and his wife Liang Shude served as the general manager, as the base for carrying out various work. In 1948, they met the North Korean trade representative in Hong Kong and gradually acted as their agent. After the invasion of the DPRK by the US Army, the company supported the DPRK and broke the economic blockade imposed by the US and Chiang Kai Shek against new China, making great contributions to the recovery of the economy. during the war of liberation, Cao Liang continued to engage in underground work and excellently completed various tasks assigned by the party. On April 30, 1948, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "May Day Slogan", advocating the rapid convening of a Political Consultative Conference and the establishment of a democratic coalition government. Since then, a large number of patriots and democracies have transferred to Xibaipo in Northeast China and Hebei Province via Hong Kong. Cao Liang is a participant in the task of security escort. In the early days of liberation, in order to break the economic blockade of the United States and Chiang Kai Shek against new China, Cao Liang actively carried out economic and trade work for the party and carried out economic and trade exchanges between China and other countries in the world. After the U.S. invasion of North Korea, North Korea was blocked, and they used the way of opening up transit routes to transport North Korean materials and support the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid North Korea. When the United States and Chiang Kai Shek imposed an embargo on us, created the "February 6th bombing" incident and damaged the port of Shanghai, Shanghai was listed as a forbidden area in the world. At this critical moment, their company sent their ships "Oriental warrior" and "Oriental Changfeng" to test sail in Shanghai. They made a safe return and dispelled the rumors of danger. After that, the ocean going ships of various countries competed to sail in Shanghai to do business, and the blockade of the United States and Chiang Kai Shek was declared bankrupt. He did a lot of useful work for the economic recovery of new China and the victory of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.

Unjustly jailed

In 1955, he was detained for review because of his unjust case. In 1965, he was sentenced to "counter revolutionary crime" and sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment. He was released two years earlier and sent to the reform through labor farm. In 1967, he was persecuted by the gang of four and put into Qincheng prison for further examination. In 1979, it was approved by the central government to rehabilitate and restore its reputation. He died of illness in Beijing on July 6, 1992 at the age of 88.

The party's evaluation

On August 13, 1992, the people's Daily published a report on the death of Comrade Cao Liang: "Comrade Cao Liang, an outstanding communist party member, died of illness in Beijing on July 6, 1992 at the age of 88." Among them, after a brief introduction of his important achievements in his life, he commented: "he firmly supports the line, principles and policies since the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, adheres to the four cardinal principles, and supports reform and opening up. In the long-term revolutionary struggle, he has always been conscientious, hard-working and courageous in opening up, making important contributions to the cause of the party. "