Wang Jinxi

Memorial at Daqing

Wang Jinxi (simplified Chinese: 王进喜; traditional Chinese: 王進喜; pinyin: Wáng Jìnxǐ; 8 October 1923 - 15 November 1970) was a Chinese model worker and socialist hero known as 'Iron man' Wang, who led No. 1205 drilling team at Daqing Oil Field.[1] He was the subject of a 1964 documentary Tieren, "Iron Man".[2]

References

  1. Yingjie Guo Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China 2016 - -178347064X Page 112 In Iron Man Wang Jingxi (Tieren Wang Jingxi), a documentary produced in 1964 by China's News and Documentary Studio, workers in the industrial sector were urged to learn from the leadership and heroism of worker Wang Jinxi, the 'Iron ...
  2. Børge Bakken The Exemplary Society 2000 0198295235 Wang Jinxi, the 'iron man' (tieren), was one of the most used models of socialist construction in the 1960s. See also Leslie W. Chan, The Taching Oilfield: A Maaist Model of Economic Development, Canberra, Australian National University


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