【Haichuan Equipment Guessing Game】Relying on our own efforts to create super equipment – once featured in middle school textbooks

This vehicle is carrying the key equipment for the systems introduced in the 1970s

On May 7, 1974, construction began on a large-scale fertilizer plant imported by Sichuan Chemical Plant from Japan, with an annual production capacity of 300,000 tons of synthetic ammonia and 480,000 tons of urea. The plant was completed in March 1976; synthetic ammonia was produced on June 22, and urea products were manufactured on July 2. Japan’s large fertilizer plants, with an annual production capacity of 300,000 tons of synthetic ammonia and 480,000 tons of urea, are extremely massive; at that time, Sichuan Province did not have any vehicles capable of holding such plants. The equipment from Japan was shipped by boat, but Chengdu did not have rivers large enough for such boats to pass through at that time. In the end, the transport ship could only stop by the Min River in Leshan City. A large flatbed truck must be built specifically for this giant structure in order to transport these equipment to the Sichuan Chemical Plant smoothly. The task of building large flatbed trucks was assigned to Sichuan Road Construction Machinery Factory. Living up to expectations, the road construction machinery factory indeed manufactured this large flatbed truck with 118 tires and a load capacity of 320 tons. Netizen Shao Wenzǐ happened to capture photos of that large flatbed truck making its appearance on Renmin South Road

49 years ago, in 1972, two female middle school students walking on the streets of Beijing! In those days, the living conditions of most families were not very good; there were many members in each family, and it was up to the two adults to support them all. Every household led a poor life. One could tell from their clothing how hardworking and frugal people were in that era – the knees of their pants were covered with large patches. And these were middle school students living in Beijing! At that time, my family lived in a small village in Heilongjiang; there were 8 people in the family. My parents worked in the production team while raising 6 children, and life was extremely difficult. Not to mention anything else, just in terms of children’s clothing, today’s young people probably can’t imagine that in those days, the clothes worn by the eldest child would be given to the second child, then to the third child, and so on – from the fourth child to the fifth, and finally to the sixth. When it can no longer be worn, the old clothes are cut into pieces of fabric, which are then glued together to create coarse cloth used for shoe soles. A piece of clothing is made use of to the fullest extent possible, with no waste at all. Farewell, that era of hardship and suffering! Recalling those difficult and tough times! It was Project 43 that enabled the Chinese people to say goodbye to that era; it was the establishment of 13 sets of fertilizer production facilities and 4 sets of fiber production facilities that ensured we had enough food to eat and clothing to wear.

49 years ago, in 1972, two female middle school students walking on the streets of Beijing! In those days, the living conditions of most families were not very good; there were many members in each family, and it was up to the two adults to support them all. Every household led a poor life. One could tell from their clothing how hardworking and frugal people were in that era – the knees of their pants were covered with large patches. And these were middle school students living in Beijing! At that time, my family lived in a small village in Heilongjiang; there were 8 people in the family. My parents worked in the production team while raising 6 children, and life was extremely difficult. Not to mention anything else, just in terms of children’s clothing, today’s young people probably can’t imagine that in those days, the clothes worn by the eldest child would be given to the second child, then to the third child, and so on – from the fourth child to the fifth, and finally to the sixth. When it can no longer be worn, the old clothes are cut into pieces of fabric, which are then glued together to create coarse cloth used for shoe soles. A piece of clothing is made use of to the fullest extent possible, with no waste at all. Farewell, that era of hardship and suffering! Recalling those difficult and tough times! It was Project 43 in the mid-1970s that enabled the Chinese people to put an end to this situation; the 13 large-scale fertilizer plants and 4 fiber production facilities developed under its leadership ensured that people had enough food and warm clothing.

Yes, it’s this factory, but it has been completely demolished