On this day, 31 years ago, on July 13, 1994 (June 5, 1994 in the lunar calendar), Municipal Party Committee Secretary Zhang Mingqi died in the line of duty during an inspection of the disaster at night. Zhang Mingqi On July 13, 1994, heavy rains fell in Jinzhou City, Chaoyang and other places in Liaoning Province, and the floods in the Daling River rose sharply. The water in two major rivers in Jinzhou City has soared. The water flow of the Daling River nearly doubled the flood control capacity of the embankment. Zhang Mingqi, who was holding a meeting in Shenyang, rushed back to Jinzhou that night to direct the city's flood fighting and rescue operations. At 20:30, Zhang Mingqi and other city leaders successively came to the south embankment of the Xiaolinghe Bridge and the northwest embankment of the bridge in the urban area to inspect the water conditions and direct the rescue work. At around 22:30, Zhang Mingqi and his group rushed to the severely affected Linghai City. Zhang Mingqi, eager to understand the disaster situation, went to inspect several dangerous embankments and first came to the Daling River Highway Bridge. At this time, the river flow had exceeded 12,000 cubic meters per second. Zhang Mingqi, Linghai Municipal Party Committee Secretary Xue Heng and other 11 people went to Youshanzi Village in the north of the city, where the breach was most likely to be breached, to inspect. The dam on the east side of Zhengyu Village burst, flooding the road. While trudging in chest-deep water, a big wave hit, and Zhang Mingqi and other 11 people were scattered and submerged by the flood. Xue Heng, secretary of the Linghai Municipal Party Committee, and other eight people were rescued by the People's Liberation Army officers and soldiers who came after hearing the news. Zhang Mingqi was unfortunately killed. Li Tieying, then a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and State Councilor, came to Linghai City to inspect the disaster situation on July 15. After learning the news of Comrade Zhang Mingqi's distress, he was very concerned and highly praised him: This spirit of putting the interests of the people above everything else fully reflects the noble sentiments of a Communist. Zhu Rongji, then member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, called the leaders of Liaoning Province to express condolences to Comrade Zhang Mingqi's death in the line of duty during flood fighting and rescue operations, and to Comrade Zhang Mingqi's family. At about 10 a.m. on July 18, 1994, heavy rain began. On both sides of the ten-mile long street leading to the funeral parlour, workers, farmers, citizens, cadres, and teachers stood. They spontaneously braved the rain to see the secretary off for the last leg. Some still carried white banners, and although some of the eulogy on them were blurred and difficult to distinguish from due to the rain, the large characters on the banner were still eye-catching:"Yellow flows and turbid water do not damage the white body; The blue sky and white clouds will always remember the loyal soul of a clean official." "Lingshui sings softly, wailing for the early death of King Qi; Lushan nodded and praised his parents for their kindness."... Zhang Mingqi has won praise from the people for his practical actions as a public servant of the people who have the courage to devote themselves. On August 15, the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China made a decision to name Zhang Mingqi "Outstanding Leading Cadre of the Party"; on the same day, the People's Government of Liaoning Province awarded Zhang Mingqi and others the title of "Revolutionary Martyr." The second from the right is Comrade Zhang Mingqi commanding the battle during flood fighting and rescue operations