Chapter 272 March 8th Red Flag Bearer

Xie Yun and all the experts conducted a systematic review of the various institutes of the Academy of Sciences.

Since it's a provincial academy of sciences, the province naturally provides annual funding, including research funding, administrative funding, and staff salaries.

All experts can officially start work. Since they are transferred personnel, their household registration and food supply are with them. They are now part of the population of East Province, so it is reasonable for them to work here.

Given that the situation was still unclear, they initially received a basic salary of 25 yuan.

Xie Yun also set up an administrative office, a logistics office, and a financial office according to actual needs, and arranged corresponding staff.

She temporarily entrusted these administrative affairs to Shao Xiang.

She still focuses her main energy on scientific research.

However, she still took the time to visit Meishan Commune and chat with Liu Chengjun.

Liu Chengjun knew her a little bit, and she knew something was wrong the moment she saw her, so she got straight to the point: "What's the matter?"

Xie Yun didn't beat around the bush. "I'd like to offer some suggestions for the Women's Federation. I was on a business trip to Beijing before, and I was thinking of visiting the Women's Federation. But then I thought, you have a good channel for communication, so I'll follow your lead."

"What suggestions?"

"The National March 8th Red Flag Bearer Awards are being presented. The last time was fifteen years ago. It was only once in 1960, and then it was discontinued. I think that with the women's liberation movement so thriving this year, it's worth taking the opportunity to recognize another group of people, and make it a regular practice to do so annually. There are so many outstanding female comrades, and selecting a group to recognize them every year and holding a commendation ceremony would be a way to support and encourage female comrades. For female comrades, this is very important."

I also believe that commending certain lesbians represents a value orientation and can serve as a guide and role model for lesbians throughout society.

We hope that women will participate in social labor and achieve economic independence, and that they will be self-reliant and strong, holding up half the sky. Therefore, we must select and commend women who demonstrate these qualities. This kind of positive guidance is crucial and can subtly change how society evaluates women.

I hope that in the future, when everyone in our society talks about a woman, they will talk about her personal abilities, her contributions to the country and society, and her social status, rather than discussing whether she is virtuous, a good wife and mother, or whether she takes care of her sick parents-in-law!

Liu Chengjun: "How come you are so good at talking?"

"Can I get some advice from you?"

"Yes! I guarantee it!"

"Comrade Liu Chengjun, thank you! You are the one who deserves the award! You are an outstanding representative among female comrades!"

Liu Chengjun was very happy to hear this.

Xie Yun had left, but she was still there grinning!

Not long after talking with Liu Chengjun, the All-China Women's Federation issued a document requiring all regions to report candidates for the "March 8th Red Flag Bearer" and announced the selection criteria, placing self-reliance and participation in social labor production in a very prominent position.

In addition to Wang Qingli and other outstanding local athletes, Xie Yun also nominated Ren Xiuzhen, Tao Siqi, and Liu Chengjun. These three young people have all performed very well this year.

After the list was finalized, Liushutun held a women's meeting, where all the female comrades gave praise and self-praise.

Yan Guixiang specifically told everyone: "I didn't include your names simply because of limited places, not because you are not good enough."

Everyone laughed and said, "We are excellent and we all know it."

Director Yan and Xie Binbin didn't apply, but it's obviously not because they are not good enough.

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In June 1975, Xie Yun received a call from Director Tang of the machinery factory, telling her that both production lines had been completed and had passed the department's inspection. "When can we send them to you?"

"We'll deliver it right now. What a coincidence! Our factory is also finished."

The county gave strong support to the construction of the food factory. All parties worked overtime to not only build the factory building, but also the supporting warehouses, cold storage, electricity, roads, and staff dormitories.

Ren Xiuzhen has already trained the female workers, and Shao Xiang has also written letters to recruit several retired women to help. In the end, Qian Daguang, just as he had worried at the beginning, became a disliked person in his circle of friends, and everyone who saw him would say something bad about him.

However, as the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, Qian Daguang's friends are naturally of similar character to him. Crickets are crickets, and they all support his wife's re-employment after retirement.

It can be said that the food factory is ready, just waiting for the equipment.

Director Tang personally brought the equipment over. He told Xie Yun, "The technicians will stay at the factory for a while to assemble and debug the equipment. They won't leave until the equipment is running smoothly."

Xie Yun asked him, "Didn't you say you would use this equipment to participate in the Canton Fair and then send it back?"

"Wouldn't that delay your work? I thought about it and decided I couldn't do that. So I rushed it over to you. Don't worry, our factory will launch a major campaign and work overtime to produce another one."

Xie Yun said, "When you go to the Canton Fair, bring some of our products and let them speak for themselves. Show them how many biscuits a production line like this can produce every day, what they look like, and how they taste. That's very convincing. Maybe once they try them, your orders will keep coming in!"

"I hope so."

After the food factory went into production, Xie Yun wrote an article for the newspaper, introducing the women's assistance work in Qushui County, and describing how the women, after being rescued, became self-reliant and strong with the help of the whole society, and devoted themselves to production labor to contribute to the country.

I hope other parts of the country can learn from Qushui County and do practical things for women. I also hope that women around the world can see that no matter what their past was, everyone can start a new life.

The determined eyes and smiles on the faces of the lesbians say it all.

This report is accompanied by pictures.

Under the promotion of the All-China Women's Federation, this article was also reprinted by the national media. At the same time, the Women's Federation also issued an initiative to women's federations in various places to learn from Qushui County and take practical actions to help more women participate in labor production.

Marxism believes that participation in productive labor is a prerequisite for women's liberation. The leader also said that without women's participation in productive labor, there is no economic independence. Without economic independence, equal status in all other areas is empty talk. Therefore, women's federations across the country should make supporting women's participation in social productive labor their top priority.

Qushui County naturally received the proposal from the Women's Federation, and not only that, they also received a letter of praise from the Women's Federation. This letter not only praised the women's liberation work in Qushui County, but also praised the spirit of self-reliance, self-reliance, and mutual assistance of all women comrades in Qushui County.

Xie Yun also specially praised Ren Xiuzhen and Tao Siqi. Since these two young girls came to Liushutun, they have not had a single day of leisure and have been busy all day long.

And this time, they really put in a lot of effort.