A senior military official on Tuesday called on the whole military to learn from the heroic deeds of Du Fuguo, a soldier who lost his eyes and arms in an explosion during a mine clearance operation.
Zhang Youxia, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), made the remarks at a meeting on listening to reports of the deeds of Du.
The meeting was held by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Political Work Department of the CMC and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Zhang met with those who delivered the reports before the meeting, extending greetings to them and soldiers working on the frontline of clearing mines.
Extolling Du for his bravery in face of difficulty and life-threatening danger, and his fortitude to rise above adversity, Zhang called on the whole military to learn from Du and create an atmosphere of admiring, learning from, upholding and caring for heroes.
Du, a 28-year-old demining soldier of the People's Liberation Army, was seriously injured in the landmine explosion trying to protect his fellow soldier during the operation in southwest China's Yunnan Province in October last year.
Du was awarded the title "role model of our times" by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee in May.
