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1958 September 12, President Mao Zedong visited Wuhan University in person, which was the most brilliant page in the history of Wuhan University.
At 7: 20 pm on September 12, President Mao Zedong, accompanied by the leaders of Hubei Provincial Party Committee and Wuhan University, visited the school-run factories of the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Physics, and inspected the coking factory, air battery factory, sulfuric acid factory, silica gel factory and Kaplan factory run by teachers and students during the Great Leap Forward period. During the inspection, Chairman Mao inquired about the students working in the factory in detail and shook hands with them one by one. Chairman Mao praised the students who run factories as "like workers!" And said to the students who lead the factory: "It depends on everyone", "Learn while leading" and "Technological innovation should be combined with foreign countries". Chairman Mao encouraged his classmates to "study hard and study hard". "Young people should be ambitious, stand the test, work hard and have skills".
Chairman Mao said after listening to the report of the party and government leaders on the education revolution at the inspection site: "It is a good thing for students to consciously work and study, and it is an inevitable trend for schools to run factories. This requirement can be approved and they should be actively supported and encouraged. " In the teaching reform, we should give full play to the enthusiasm of teachers and students and concentrate the wisdom of the masses in many ways.
At 7: 50, Chairman Mao came to the school playground by bus and met with more than 3,000 teachers and students, including Wuhan University, Wuhan Institute of Water Conservancy (later Wuhan Institute of Water Conservancy and Electric Power, now merged into Wuhan University), Wuhan Institute of Surveying and Mapping (later Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, now merged into Wuhan University), South-Central University for Nationalities (now South-Central University for Nationalities)13,000. On the rostrum, Chairman Mao also walked from east to west, waving to the teachers and students interviewed. At 7: 55, Chairman Mao left Luojiashan by bus.