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BEIJING: Fang Yonggang, a “National Moral Model”
and political professor at northeast China’s Dalian Naval Academy,
died in Beijing Tuesday. He was 45.
Fang, who had been treated in
hospital for colon cancer since 2006, had been visited by a number
of senior leaders, including Hu Jintao, general secretary of the
Communist Party of China Central Committee, state president and
chairman of the Central Military Commission. Hu praised Fang for his
“significant contribution to the party, the army and the
people.”
Hu urged all people in China to
learn from Fang, who kept studying and publicizing his innovative
political theories and displayed the firm faith, staunch will and
lofty spirit of a Communist.
Other visitors included Li
Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the party’s Central
Committee Political Bureau, and Politburo members Liu Yunshan, Guo
Boxiong and Xu Caihou. Guo and Xu are also vice-chairmen of the
Central Military Commission.
In his last days, Fang received
letters and gifts from servicemen and civilians.
Fang was widely known for his
firm political faith and strenuous efforts in studying and spreading
the party’s theories. He spent much time lecturing in barracks,
factories, villages, schools and communities.
In June 2007, the Central
Military Commission granted Fang the title of “Loyal Model Teacher
of the Party’s Innovative Theories,” and three months later, he
was elected as a “National Moral Model.”
In October 2007, Fang attended
the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party. In January 2008,
he was elected one of the “People Who Touched China in 2007,”
organized by the China Central Television.
--Xinhua
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