Xia Yaofeng: When I picked up the bunch of flowers

Editor's Note : Comrade Xia Yaofeng was originally the director of the abrasive research institute of Zhengzhou Abrasives Grinding Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as “Sanmao”), and is a member of the Sanmao Institute of Synthetic Diamond (121): Yu Hongchang, Wang Guangzu, Lu Feixiong, The direct leadership of Yu Zhengmin and Li Jinbao. As an expert representative, he was invited to participate in the 50th Anniversary of China's Artificial Diamond Birth and the 6th China Zhengzhou International Superhard Materials and Products Seminar. The meeting was held on the morning of November 14, 2013. The meeting arranged a flowering event for the old experts ( see photo 1 ). This article is a reminiscent expression of his excitement and sentiment when he holds flowers. He describes the leadership of the Party Central Committee and the State Council in the development of synthetic diamonds in China, the support of the ministries and commissions of the State Council, and socialism. The spirit of unity and cooperation and the spirit of self-reliance, forge ahead, tenacious fight and glory for the country! It provides a powerful reference for the strong national dream of super hard materials and products for people with superhard materials in China.

Photo 1. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Birth of Chinese Synthetic Diamonds

As a veteran who has been in the abrasives industry for 57 years, he has participated in and witnessed the whole process of China's superhard materials industry from scratch, from small to large, from big to strong. I was very fortunate to be invited to participate in the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the birth of Chinese synthetic diamonds.

When I boarded the rostrum and held the bouquet of flowers dedicated to the old experts in the industry, my heart was full of thoughts and thoughts. For more than half a century, the unforgettable past is vivid, too much, too much!

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First of all, what reminds me of it is: In 1963, when I synthesized the first synthetic diamond in China, after confirming it by many parties, I went to Beijing to report to the leaders of the ministry. Accompanied by the relevant leaders of the Machine Tool Bureau and the Science and Technology Department of a machine department, they came to the General Office of the Ministry. After receiving the leaders, they immediately declined to say that the ministers are opening a ministerial meeting, making a note, going back, etc. Call us! It is said that this is a formal procedure. It is normal to wait for a day or two to go to Beijing to see the leadership report. After the explanation, it was the report to the ministers. The receptionist immediately went to the conference room. In a short while, Vice Minister Zhou Zijian came to the reception room with a smile and was very happy to hear that the artificial diamond was born. In retrospect, what was shown to the minister at the time was just a pack of black powder with a few highlights. However, it has been highly recognized and encouraged by the leadership. Until the 1985 Beijing New Technology Achievements Exhibition was held, the then Prime Minister named it to our booth and wanted to see the synthetic diamonds with my own eyes. I remember very clearly that the booth was equipped with a large diamond single crystal model. The Prime Minister is still looking at a few selected diamonds under the microscope ( see photo 2 ). And today, we can go to any production company, you can directly see the diamonds filled with pots and barrels of crystals!

Photo 2, Zhao Ziyang, then Premier of the State Council, watched synthetic diamonds

In terms of large-grain diamonds, what made me even more memorable was that in 1984, the leaders of the ministry and bureau led the team, and Comrade Meng Qinghui and I were deputy heads. They were made up of several technical leaders of major diamond and product manufacturing companies to visit the United States and Canada. group. When we visited GE, we were warmly received by the company's leaders and the first American experts in the development of synthetic diamonds ( see photo 3 ). After visiting the laboratory and the synthesis and testing equipment, after returning to the reception room, Mr. Kabnarulus specially led our two deputy heads and translators to his office, opened the safe and took out a delicate little. The square box shows us the large single crystals they have synthesized, detailing their performance and application, and the technical problems involved in the synthesis process, but they have not talked about it ( see photo 4 ). Back to the hotel, during the harvest on the day of the summary, the comrades unanimously realized that the central leadership has repeatedly emphasized the correctness of "synthetic diamonds must be based on the domestic" and "self-reliance." It also made everyone feel full of strength, not to attack the technical peak of synthetic diamonds, and vowed not to give up.

Photo 3, members of the delegation took photos with GE leaders and the first synthetic diamond developer in the United States

Photo IV. Members of the delegation watched diamonds in the office of Mr. Kabnarulus

A few years have passed since the fingering, and today China's synthetic diamonds have not only established themselves in the world's national forests, but have also entered the first stage in some respects. The output has jumped to more than 90% of the world's total output. The six-sided top press with independent intellectual property rights is not only a major feature of China, but also has gone global. Our large single crystals are no longer locked in the safe, only for the samples that we appreciate, and we are now able to make a certain batch of single crystal products. I really remember the past years and see that today's achievements are remarkable.

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In the past 50 years, the leap-forward development and brilliant achievements of China's super-hard materials industry have first come from the great attention of the party and state leaders, the infinite care and the full support of the relevant ministries. I remember that our beloved Premier Zhou Enlai was always concerned about the development of China's superhard materials under the circumstances of working hard and working in a state of affairs. When the leaders of the department reported to them on the diamond production in 1969, the Prime Minister made three instructions: First, the diamonds were later arrested by the comrades. (Comrade Li Xiannian was appointed as the deputy prime minister). Second, diamonds should also engage in mass movements like polysilicon and monocrystalline silicon. Third, whether it can produce 200,000 carats next year. The historical facts comforted the Prime Minister and all three instructions were fulfilled. Regarding the research and development of diamonds, Vice Premier Li has only written instructions for more than a dozen times. When he achieved the results, he instructed "to encourage"; in the face of difficulties, he pointed out that "you must know how difficult it is to advance, you must never know how difficult it is to retreat" and so on. At the National Planning Conference in 1971, Comrade Chen Huatang, then deputy director of the State Planning Commission, proposed that the material industry should be brought up by grasping the "three hairs" of synthetic diamond, silicon and titanium. He said: These three hairs are first read by comrades, Comrade Qiuli, and Comrade Baohua. They must make up their minds and grasp the end. After the meeting, under the auspices of Vice Premier Li, the National Diamond Leading Group was established. From the time of Vice Minister Zhou Zijian, the deputy director of the department, the director of the building materials, Bai Xiangyin, was appointed as the deputy leader. At the same time, the clear synthetic diamond is under the jurisdiction of a machine department, and the natural diamond is under the jurisdiction of the Building Materials Bureau. Minister Zhou Zijian has participated in various conferences on synthetic diamonds. What impressed me the most was the "National Synthetic Diamond Zhengzhou Conference" organized by the First Department in September 1971. The representatives of the provinces, cities and central systems gathered in Zhengzhou. In the final speech of the meeting, Comrade Zhou Zijian issued a vow. He said: Comrades! We must fulfill our mission, implement the instructions of the central leadership, and go all out to get the diamond industry up. "If you don't achieve your goal, I will go with you to the Yellow River." The conference blew the horn of the national mobilization, which caused the production in 1971 to jump from 24,000 carats in 70 years to 1.39 million carats.

Another important aspect of the achievement of the brilliant achievements of the superhard materials industry is that it highlights the superiority of China's socialist system. In the process of artificial diamond development, each unit of different systems has a clear division of labor and close cooperation. The spirit of great socialist cooperation has been fully exerted, and it took us less than three years to complete the journey of some industrialized countries in the past ten years. Entering the stage of industrial production, it reflects the unselfish communist style of the public. I remember that I had printed a complete set of highly skilled synthetic diamond production technology and materials for free, and donated it to the relevant units nationwide. Unselfish and unpaid has trained more than 400 technicians and workers for dozens of units in each system. For example, there are more than 40 full-time production personnel trained for one unit of the Wuhan Military Region Logistics 712 Factory. In order to create learning conditions for the students, the whole machine was fully loaded at night and day; the dormitory was full, and some of the laboratories were ordered to solve the temporary accommodation; the canteen was tense, and the leading cadres led the cadres to help the kitchen and segment the meals. So that China's artificial diamond production will soon be promoted nationwide.

Of course, as everyone knows, people are the decisive factor in productivity. The achievements of the leap-forward development of the super-hard materials industry are due to the fact that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the party and the state have trained a group of scientific and technical personnel and the majority of workers who love the motherland, are loyal to the cause, are dedicated to their duties, are willing to sacrifice, and bravely climb the peak of science and technology. I remember that the experimental work in the early stage of preparation was started in the original second wheel factory and in a waste bath on the right side of the factory entrance. At that time, the lack of Dong Shaoxi, comrades consciously used the washbasin and lunch box from home to use the experiment. In the early days of the development and production of synthetic diamonds, comrades also started under extremely difficult and harsh conditions. In the hot sun, in the harmful smog, sleepless nights, hard work, some comrades broke the eardrum in the attack of the top hammer, and in the acid treatment of the horse, the eyes were burnt and burned. Comrade Li Jinbao of the "121" research group, he is a typical representative of the graduates from Zhengzhou, who are selected from key graduates. He lives in a suburban county, his family is poor, riding a bicycle for nearly two hours a day to go to work, rain or shine, perennial to stay early and late. It is a hard work for the business, and soon became a master of press operation, and always rushed to work hard and tired. In the journey of climbing to the peak of synthetic diamond technology and winning a triumphant victory, he sent him to work on a train after work for an urgent task. No one thought of the bad news the next day, "into the Shanghai hotel." According to the comrade who sent him on the bus, the car was very crowded at the time, and he probably was standing in Shanghai all the way. It seems that it is a long-term excessive fatigue, so that this young Communist Party member, who is known as the "little tiger" in the group, left us early for scientific research. At this point, I can't help but say: "Into the security! Your bouquet of flowers, we hold for you!"

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Recalling the past years, the number of romantic figures still look at the present. After the waves of the Yangtze River push the waves, the generation is stronger than the first generation. This is an irrefutable truth. As most of us have passed through the ages, a few survivors who have been over 80 years old can see the glorious future of China's superhard materials industry, and the inner joy is hard to say by more words. What makes us even more happy is that the new generations who are engaged in the production, learning and research of the superhard materials industry in China today are determined to be enterprising, intelligent and intelligent, and who care for the motherland and look around the world. They are the party Central Committee with Xi Jinping as the general secretary. Under the leadership, in the great cause of realizing the two great dreams of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, in the practice of truly becoming a powerful country for China's superhard materials and products, we will continue to innovate and climb new heights! Let us rest assured that we are firmly convinced that our China's super-hard materials will be realized, and will surely be realized soon!