Huang Wenxiu Explained

Huang Wenxiu
黄文秀
Birth Date:18 April 1989
Birth Place:Tianyang District, Baise, Guangxi, China
Death Place:Lingyun County, Baise, Guangxi, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Changzhi University
Beijing Normal University
Occupation:Village official
Office3:Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Naman town in Tianyang County, Guangxi
Term3:2017–2018
Office:First Secretary of Baini village in Leye County, Guangxi
Term:2018–2019
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Zha:Vangz Vwnzsiu

Huang Wenxiu (; Zhuang: Vangz Vwnzsiu; 18 April 1989 – 17 June 2019) was a Chinese Communist Party village official of Zhuang ethnicity.[1] During her time as head of a village in Guangxi, she dedicated herself to poverty alleviation efforts such as promoting economic development and implementing poverty reduction initiatives. Following her death in 2019 from a flash flood, the Chinese Communist Party posthumously elevated Huang into a national model for poverty alleviation.

Early life

Huang was born on 18 April 1989, one of three children born to a poor peasant family in Tianyang District of Baise City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Despite the poverty and her parents' suffering from illnesses, she worked hard from a young age and was determined to receive a better education.[2] [3] In college entrance examinations in 2007, Huang did not perform well and in 2008, she retook examinations and on the same year, she was accepted into Changzhi University to study ideology and political science. She graduated in 2010 and in 2011, she became a member of the Chinese Communist Party.[4]

In 2013, she was admitted to the School of Philosophy at Beijing Normal University and graduated with a degree in law in 2016.[5] Following her graduation, she gave up her desire of finding a profession in Beijing and instead decided to return to Baise to work with rural government's poverty alleviation.[6] When asked why she decided to work in a remote rural area, she stated that: "Baise is the main battlefield for poverty alleviation. Why shouldn't I come? Our party is a party that truly seeks development and happiness for the people. I am a Communist Party member, and this is my mission."[3]

Political career

She returned to Baise in 2016 and was assigned to work in the Propaganda Department of the Baise Municipal Party Committee.[7] In August 2017, she was assigned to work as deputy secretary of the Party Committee in Naman town in Tianyang County, Baise and in 2018, she was appointed as the first secretary of Baini village in Leye County, a key county in Guangxi for national poverty alleviation and development work.[8]

When she first took office, she found there were 103 households with 474 people identified as registered impoverished households in the village, with a poverty incidence rate of 22%. As a result, the village was categorized as a deeply impoverished. The households were scattered across several different hills, which posed a significant challenge for her as she was unfamiliar with the village's terrain to quickly grasp the detailed situation of all impoverished households. Regardless, she engaged with the community and after two months of investigation, she understood the overall situation of the entire village. The village has a total of 472 households with 2068 people. There are 195 households with 883 people identified as registered impoverished households. After starting her work in the village, she led the village committee and others to conduct field visits for learning, invited technical experts for on-site guidance, conducted household-by-household mobilization and propaganda, and led party members in demonstrating agriculture techniques. These efforts swiftly promoted rapid development in the village's collective economy. In 2018 alone, through the establishment of an e-commerce service station, they helped villagers sell their agricultural produce, generating sales of around 220,000 yuan and creating additional income of approximately 2,500 yuan per household for more than 30 impoverished families in the village.[9] [10] [11] [12]

During her tenure as first secretary of Baini village, she was known for her frugal and simplistic lifestyle when providing assistance to impoverished families and left-behind children in the village. She also helped underprivileged students, who have been admitted to universities, to apply for various subsidies, enabling them to have financial support for higher studies.[9]

Death

On the evening of 16 June 2019, heavy rain suddenly triggered flash floods in Lingyun County, Guangxi causing severe damage to several road sections. In the early hours of 17 June, Huang, who had just visited her seriously ill father in Baise, headed back to Leye County but went missing while driving through Lingyun County. On 18 June, search and rescue team members found Huang's body in the downstream river channel, confirming that she had died after her vehicle was washed away by a flash flood.[13] [6] [14] On 22 June, her funeral service was held in Baise and was attended by over 100 people, and following her funeral, she was buried at Baifuyuan Cemetery in Baise.[12] [15]

Legacy

In July 2019, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of China Xi Jinping offered condolences to Huang's family and issued instructions honoring her. In recognition of her work as village party secretary, Xi honored her as an 'national outstanding Communist Party member' stating "learn from Huang Wenxiu... Be brave enough to shoulder responsibilities and willing to show dedications, so as to make new and greater contributions in the Long March of the new era", hence making her into a national model and modern-day hero in China.[6] [16] On 1 July 2019, the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party posthumously awarded Huang the title 'Model of our Times'.[17]

She was also posthumously awarded the following:

Namesakes

In popular culture

An opera based on Huang's life On the Way to Alleviate Poverty was directed by Tian Qinxin and was presented for the first time on 24 June 2020 at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.[34] In the 2020 movie Huang Wenxiu, she was portrayed by actress Lang Yueting.[35] [36] In the 2022 TV series about Huang , she was portrayed by actress Yang Rong.[37] In 2023, an animated series about her was released.[38]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 黄文秀. Chaoyang.gov.cn. 7 July 2024.
  2. Web site: 黄文秀告别仪式6月22日10时在百色举行（悼词全文）. Guangxi News. 22 June 2019. 6 July 2024. 30 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190730152525/http://news.gxnews.com.cn/staticpages/20190622/newgx5d0d8d7f-18440634.shtml%3Fpcview%3D1. live.
  3. Web site: 芳华无悔——追记用生命坚守初心和使命的青年共产党员黄文秀. Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China. 1 July 2019. 6 July 2024.
  4. Web site: 芳华无悔——追记用生命坚守初心和使命的青年共产党员黄文秀. Guangxi News. 18 July 2019. 6 July 2024.
  5. Web site: 广西乐业驻村第一书记黄文秀遭山洪遇难，为北师大选调生. Sina. 19 June 2019. 6 July 2024. 6 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240706154921/https://news.sina.cn/gn/2019-06-19/detail-ihytcitk6230367.d.html. live.
  6. News: China's Communist Party tries to create a new hero for the masses. The Washington Post. Anna. Fifield. 3 November 2019. 6 July 2024.
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  8. Web site: 以生命诠释初心（奋斗百年路 启航新征程·脱贫攻坚答卷）. People's Daily. 20 February 2021. 6 July 2024. 7 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240707065832/http://dangjian.people.com.cn/n1/2021/0220/c117092-32032422.html. live.
  9. Web site: 黄文秀. Weiming.cn. 6 July 2024. 7 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240707065828/http://www.wenming.cn/sbhr_pd/zghrb/jyfx/201907/t20190729_5201230.shtml. live.
  10. Web site: 青春之花，绽放在扶贫路上. People's Daily. 30 June 2019. 7 July 2024. 30 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190730152521/http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2019-06/30/nw.D110000renmrb_20190630_1-05.htm. dead.
  11. Web site: 记驻村第一书记黄文秀：两万五千公里扶贫路是她的"长征". Haiwainet. 28 May 2021. 7 July 2024. 28 August 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240828031017/http://news.haiwainet.cn/n/2021/0528/c3541083-32113264.html. live.
  12. Web site: An Ordinary Hero. China Insight (Beijing Review). 7 July 2024. 7 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240707065828/https://www.bjreview.com/CHINA_INSIGHT_2022/China_Insight_Special_Issue_on_Xi_Jinping_The_Governance_of_China_IV/202208/t20220810_800303348.html. live.
  13. Web site: [视频]"第一书记"黄文秀：初心不灭 青春无悔]. CCTV. 23 June 2019. 7 July 2024.
  14. Web site: 心中的长征 青春的赞歌. People's Daily. 20 June 2019. 7 July 2024. 30 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190730152519/http://gxrb.gxrb.com.cn/html/2019-06/20/content_1606296.htm. dead.
  15. Web site: 追忆黄文秀：以秀美人生谱写新时代的青春之歌. People's Daily. 17 June 2022. 7 July 2024. 7 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240707073758/http://dangjian.people.com.cn/n1/2022/0617/c117092-32449286.html. live.
  16. Web site: Xi urges sense of mission, dedication in learning from late village official. Xinhua. The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China. 1 July 2019. 7 July 2024. 7 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240707110036/http://english.scio.gov.cn/topnews/2019-07/01/content_74940319.htm. live.
  17. Web site: 中宣部追授黄文秀"时代楷模"称号. Wenming.cn. 2 July 2018. 7 July 2024. 30 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190730142011/http://www.wenming.cn/sdkm/news/201907/t20190701_5170202.shtml. live.
  18. News: 全国妇联追授黄文秀全国三八红旗手荣誉. 30 July 2019. Government of the People's Republic of China. 21 June 2019. 30 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190730142013/http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2019-06/21/content_5402258.htm.
  19. News: 侯雪静. 黄文秀被追授"全国脱贫攻坚模范"称号. 30 July 2019. Xinhua. 28 June 2019. 10 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200810194204/http://www.xinhuanet.com/2019-06/28/c_1124685049.htm.
  20. Web site: 全国总工会追授扶贫书记黄文秀全国五一劳动奖章. The Paper. 17 July 2019. 7 July 2024. 7 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240707103233/https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_3937752. live.
  21. Web site: 广西妇联看望慰问黄文秀家属 追授黄文秀为"广西三八红旗手". Guangxi News. 20 June 2019. 7 July 2024. 4 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230404013258/http://www.gxnews.com.cn/staticpages/20190620/newgx5d0ba7af-18436225.shtml. live.
  22. Web site: 中共广西壮族自治区委员会. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Government Portal. 29 June 2019. 7 July 2024. 7 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240707103236/http://swt.gxzf.gov.cn/zfxxgk/fdzdgknr/tzgg/W020200224031772942325.pdf. live.
  23. Web site: 广西各地深入学习黄文秀先进事迹. People's Daily. 1 July 2019. 7 July 2024. 30 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190730152522/http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2019-07/01/nw.D110000renmrb_20190701_2-12.htm. dead.
  24. Web site: 广西区总工会追授黄文秀同志"广西五一劳动奖章". Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Government Portal. 6 July 2019. 7 July 2024. 30 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190730152521/http://www.gxzf.gov.cn/gxyw/20190706-755871.shtml. dead.
  25. Web site: 彭晓春到田阳县看望慰问黄文秀家属. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Government Portal. 25 June 2019. 7 July 2024. 31 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190731022029/http://epaper.bsyjrb.com/yjrb/html/2019-06/25/content_23829.htm. dead.
  26. Web site: 广西、百色妇联追授黄文秀同志为"三八红旗手". Baise News Network. 21 June 2019. 7 July 2024. 31 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190731022029/http://zhuanti.bsyjrb.cn/content/2019-06/21/content_146658.htm. dead.
  27. Web site: 一颗红心映秀山. Farmer's Daily. 24 June 2019. 7 July 2024. 31 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190731022029/http://szb.farmer.com.cn/2019/20190624/20190624_001/20190624_001_9.htm. dead.
  28. Web site: （受权发布）第七届全国道德模范名单. Xinhua. 6 September 2019. 7 July 2024 . 6 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190906163112/http://www.xinhuanet.com/2019-09/05/c_1124964761.htm. dead.
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  34. Web site: Opera honors hero official. Zhanyu. Deng. China Daily. 22 October 2020. 7 July 2024.
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