Mao Zemin：the national bank on the pole

The portrait of Mao Zemin

Mao Zemin was born in Shaoshan, Xiangtan, Hunan Province in 1896. He joined the revolution in 1921 and soon joined the CPC.

Handwriting of Mao Zemin when he worked in Xinjiang

At the beginning of 1931, Mao Zemin entered the Central Revolutionary Base and served as the manager minister of the Fujian-Guangdong-Jiangxi Military Region. In 1931, Mao Zemin was appointed as the governor of the Bank of the Provisional Central Government of Chinese Soviet Republic. In a short time, he solved the difficul-ties such as the serious shortage of financial talents, the lack of reserve funds and the chaotic circulation of various currencies in the Soviet Area.

The prison that the enemy kept Mao Zemin

In October 1934, the Red Army began the Long March. The Ministry of Finance and the National Bank of the Soviet Central Government formed the 15th Brigade.Mao Zemin served as the captain and deputy director of the confiscation and col-lection committee, deputy head of the advance team and deputy director of the general supply depart-ment. At that time, the 15th Brigade was called “the national bank on the pole”, which solved the arduous tasks of transportation, beat-ing local tyrants, raising grain and raising funds, and ensur-ing supply during the Long March.

Mao Zemin has been in charge of financial power for a long time, but he is honest and spotless. He often said: “You can’t spend a penny indiscriminately. Leading cadres should take the lead in hard work. We are managing money for workers and peas-ants and managing money for the Red Army. We must be diligent and economical! “

On September 27, 1943, Mao Zemin was secretly killed by the enemy at the age of 47.

Source：The Press Office, International Department of the CPC Central Committee