On this day 30 years ago, on April 21, 1995 (March 22, 1995 lunar calendar), Kang Shien, former Vice Premier of the State Council, passed away. On April 21, 1995, Kang Shien, former Vice Premier of the State Council, passed away. Kang Shien was born on April 20, 1915 in Tianjiazhuang, Huaian County, Hebei Province. In 1935, while studying at Beiping High School in Hebei Province, he participated in the famous "One Two Nine" student movement. In 1936, he was admitted to the Department of Geology of Tsinghua University. In the same year, he joined the "Pioneer of National Liberation" and served as a member of the Standing Committee of Tsinghua University Student Salvation Congress. He joined the Communist Party of China in October 1936. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, he joined the Eighth Route Army and engaged in the anti-Japanese armed struggle and border area construction in the Jinsui area. He successively served as a staff member of the Democracy Movement Department of the 120th Division, director of the Field Mobilization Committee of During the Liberation War, he served as the director of the Political Department of the Yanmen Military Region in Jinsui and the director of the Political Department of the Ninth Division of the Three Armies in Yiye. He participated in the battles to defend Yan'an and Yulin, the Wazijie Campaign, and the liberation of Lanzhou, making positive contributions to the establishment of New China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as the military representative of Yumen Oil Mine, the director of the Northwest Petroleum Administration, the director of the General Administration of Petroleum Administration of the Ministry of Fuel Industry, the assistant to the minister of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, the vice minister and the commander of the Daqing Oilfield Battle Command, the command of the North China Petroleum Exploration Battle Command, the main person in charge of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, the secretary of the party committee, the deputy director of the Hubei Provincial Revolutionary Committee and the deputy commander of the Jianghan Petroleum Battle Command, the main person in charge of the Ministry of Fuel Chemical Industry, the minister of the petrochemical industry, the head of the party's core group, the vice premier of the State Council and the director of the National Economic Commission, the secretary of the party group, and the deputy director of the State Planning Commission, the deputy secretary of