Fifty-one years ago today, on March 21, 1974 (February 28, 1974 lunar calendar), Comrade Chen Yu, a pioneer and leader of the Chinese labor movement, passed away. Chen Yu (1901-1974), was born on November 11, 1901 in Chenwu Village, Nantou, Bao'an County, Guangdong Province. His young name was Chen Xugui, and he changed his name to Chen Yu when he was a worker. In 1924, he served as an officer of the Hong Kong Chinese Seamen's Industry Federation. In 1925, he served as the vice chairperson of the Hong Kong Chinese Seamen's Industry Federation, and also served as the chairperson of the Pacific Route Branch. He joined the Communist Party of China in August of the same year. In 1927, he served as the chairperson of the All-China Seamen's Federation. On December 11, the Guangzhou Uprising broke out under the leadership of Zhang Tailei, Ye Ting, Ye Jianying, Chen Yu and others. After the success of the uprising, Chen Yu served In January 1931, the Fourth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and the representative of the Communist Party of China to the Communist International. In June of the same year, he was sent to the Lenin Institute of the Soviet Union to study and served as the secretary of the Party Branch of the Chinese Department of the Lenin Institute of the Communist Party of China. In 1934, Wang Ming took advantage of the opportunity of the Soviet Qing Party to brand Chen Yu as a "rightist" and sent him to work in the Stalingrad Tractor Factory. On April 28, 1945, Chen Yu participated in the "Seventh National Congress" of the Communist Party of China as a representative of the Central Committee and was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In 1948, he served as the vice minister and minister of the In 1949, he served as the Minister of Heavy Industry of the North China People's Government. Then, based on the Ministry of Heavy Industry of North China, he was reorganized into the Ministry of Fuel Industry and the Ministry of Machinery Industry of the People's Republic of China. Chen Yu was the Minister of Fuel Industry. In August 1951, the State Council appointed Chen Yu as the President of the China Institute of Mining. In 1955, Chen Yu presided over the work of dividing the fuel industry department into three departments: coal, electricity and petroleum. Chen Yu served as the Minister of Coal Industry. In August 1957, he served as the Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Governor. In 1961, he served as the Third Secretary of the Central South Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Governor of Guangdong Province. In 1972, he was elected as the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee at the Guangdong Provincial Party Congress. Member of the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Central Committees of the Communist Party of China, Deputy to the On March 21, 1974, Chen Yu passed away in Guangzhou due to illness.