The spirit of the Great Northern Wilderness was cultivated and tempered by the broad masses of people in Heilongjiang reclamation area with their own youth, sweat, blood and life in the development and construction of more than 60 years under specific historical conditions and extremely difficult environment. It is a concentrated expression of the political consciousness, spiritual realm, moral sentiment, will character, code of conduct and work style of the hero of the Great Northern Wilderness.
This spirit has exerted a wide and far-reaching influence throughout the country, and has become a common precious spiritual wealth of the people of the whole country, and a powerful driving force for China's economic development and social progress. It will always inspire us to forge ahead courageously on the road of building Socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Form history
In the mid-1950s, under the orders of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman Mao, General Wang Zhen first led the railway corps, and then commanded100000 demobilized officers and soldiers to advance into wasteland, which launched a large-scale development and construction, laying the foundation for reclamation areas.
Over the past half century, the army of reclaiming land, which is composed of10.4 million demobilized officers and soldiers, 50,000 college graduates, 200,000 youths in the border areas of Shandong and Sichuan, and 540,000 educated youths in cities, local cadres and farmers, has inherited and carried forward the glorious tradition of the People's Liberation Army and the spirit of "Nanniwan", and has overcome numerous difficulties.
The number of the older generation in the Great Northern Wilderness has remained unchanged for ten years, working hard and constantly striving for self-improvement. "Give your youth to the development and construction of reclamation areas and your life to future generations." From scratch, Heilongjiang Reclamation Area has become an important commodity grain base of the country, which is a social and economic region with the combination of workers, peasants and soldiers, businessmen, students and soldiers, comprehensive management of agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, and the coordinated development of two civilizations. Reclamation area has always shared the same fate with * * * and China, and the development and construction history of reclamation area is a microcosm of the development history of * * * and China. While creating material wealth, people in reclamation areas have also created valuable spiritual wealth, that is, the spirit of "working hard, being brave in pioneering, taking the overall situation into consideration and selfless dedication".