China News Service, Beijing, August 2nd, title: Responsibility, self-improvement, transformation, three key words to see the different life of Chinese veterans
China News Agency reporter Li Chun
“For our thousands of veterans,’a sound, a lifetime’ is not only a mark engraved on the body, but also an instinct flowing in the blood.” Talking about the beliefs and pursuits of Chinese veterans, Said Song Xi, a full-time counselor of the Student Affairs Department of Peking University.
At the press conference held by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee on the 2nd, three representatives of retired servicemen, including Song Xi, met with Chinese and foreign reporters to talk about their military career and life experience after retirement. Behind the three key words of responsibility, self-improvement, and transformation are the different lives of Chinese veterans.
Responsibility: veterans engaged in veteran work
“As a veteran, working as a veteran has a natural sense of responsibility and mission.” Li Xiangwen, with 30 years of military experience, transferred to work in the local area in 2018 and is currently a member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Liaocheng Veterans Affairs Bureau of Shandong Province. In the past three years, he has traveled to 136 township military service stations in the city, and has visited more than 1,000 military members and retired military families.
“In the past three years, great changes have taken place in the work of veterans.” Li Xiangwen said that the organization and management system, work operation system, and policy and regulation systems have been continuously improved. The substantive results have solved many specific problems and have also been recognized by the vast number of veterans.
He further introduced that the Liaocheng Veterans Affairs Bureau provided loan discounts to more than 380 self-employed veterans through the Employment and Entrepreneurship Assistance Fund this year; in the first half of the year, 21 consecutive veteran recruitment fairs were held for more than 1,200 veterans. Veterans provide jobs.
“Our work is still being continuously improved and perfected, and there are inevitably some shortcomings.” Li Xiangwen also pointed out that the grass-roots staff come from different positions and have short working hours, and their grasp and understanding of policies are not accurate enough. Improve business quality as soon as possible. “This is also the focus of the next step.”
Self-reliance: Let China’s software infrastructure no longer be controlled by others
In 1991, Kong Jinzhu was admitted to the National University of Defense Technology and served as the deputy director of the National Basic Software Engineering Research Center of the National University of Defense Technology. Since he was an assistant researcher in 2002, he has been committed to the research and development of domestic server operating system kernels, determined to create an operating system that belongs to the Chinese.
In 2016, Kong Jinzhu took off his 25-year-old military uniform and entered Kylin Software Co., Ltd., as a technology leader, and invested in the construction of China’s “CPU + Chinese Operating System” system.
“After four years of hard research, my team and I finally succeeded in developing a domestic server operating system. The name of this system is derived from the traditional Chinese mythology “Kirin”.”
Kong Jinzhu often travels to Kylin Software’s R&D centers and user sites across the country to promote the development of domestic operating systems and industrial ecology. He said that in the future, he will continue to uphold the fine traditions and strong style of military personnel, independent innovation, self-reliance and self-reliance, and build the core force of China’s operating system.
Transformation: “Youth is to burn to your heart’s content”
In 2015, 21-year-old Song Xi enrolled in the army from university and served in the Marine Corps of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. The female amphibious reconnaissance squadron was the first female reconnaissance unit in the army. From December 2016 to July 2017, she accompanied the 25th escort fleet of the Chinese Navy to the Gulf of Aden for escort missions. After retiring in 2017, she returned to Peking University to continue her studies.
Ordinary people might think that that thrilling escort experience is Song Xi’s most unforgettable military memory. “Actually, what impressed me most was the hard training days with my comrades in the Marine Corps.” Song Xi said that the reason why these young female marines trained hard is to train hard in various ways. The first “arrived” can be answered during urgent and dangerous tasks.
From the “favorite of heaven” at a top university to an ordinary soldier in the army, behind the change of identity is Song Xi’s transformation and sublimation. This year, the “Xiao Mengxin” of the Chinese veteran group has once again changed his identity and became a counselor teacher at Peking University.
As a “senior sister who has served in the army”, Song Xi also encourages those college students who have dreams of joining the army to prove their dreams with truly grounded practice and realize their value in life with practical actions to defend their homes and nations. “Youth is to burn to your heart’s content.” (End)