East China Jiaotong University Establishes the Lai Chuanzhu Revolutionary Career Research Center
The unveiling of the East China Jiaotong University Lai Chuanzhu Revolutionary Career Research Center strengthens education through red culture. At the same time, a bronze statue of the general was completed and inaugurated, using the 55th anniversary of the university’s founding to carry forward the spirit and support talent cultivation.
On September 12, East China Jiaotong University held the unveiling ceremony for the "Lai Chuanzhu Revolutionary Career Research Center," and simultaneously completed the bronze statue of General Lai Chuanzhu. The university said that this initiative, combined with the 55th anniversary of the school’s founding, aims to strengthen research on red culture and educational work.
Lai Chuanzhu was a native of Ganxian, Jiangxi. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1927 and the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in 1928. He once served as political commissar of the former Beijing Military Region and the former Shenyang Military Region. He was awarded the rank of general in 1955 and died in Shenyang in 1965.
The university said that East China Jiaotong University is related to General Lai Chuanzhu’s wish to establish a university in his hometown. The university and guests also mentioned that through related research, cultural development, and memorial facilities, they will further carry forward the red spirit and support talent cultivation.