Fan Zhenxi, "Peasant Iron Man"

Fan Zhenxi (first from right) learns about the operation of the new equipment in an enterprise (photo taken on September 26, 2012). He served as a village branch secretary for 29 years, fought against blood cancer for 25 years, suffered from myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction and other diseases, and brushed past death again and again. With his firm belief that "the villagers will not be reconciled to the good life," he struggled with the disease, faced poverty directly, dared to bear it, United the team with iron perseverance, and led the party members and all the villagers to be self-reliant. Without waiting or relying on it, he built a poor and backward small mountain village into a bright pearl in the Yanshan Mountains. He is a representative of the 16th, 17th and 18th CPC National Congress, an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a national model worker, and Fan Zhenxi, party committee secretary of Zhoutaizi Village, Luanping County, Hebei Province, who is known as the "iron man of farmers." Issued by Xinhua News Agency

Fan Zhenxi (left) discusses the enterprise development plan with the person in charge of an enterprise (photo taken on September 26, 2012). He served as a village branch secretary for 29 years, fought against blood cancer for 25 years, suffered from myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction and other diseases, and brushed past death again and again. With his firm belief that "the villagers will not be reconciled to the good life," he struggled with the disease, faced poverty directly, dared to bear it, United the team with iron perseverance, and led the party members and all the villagers to be self-reliant. Without waiting or relying on it, he built a poor and backward small mountain village into a bright pearl in the Yanshan Mountains. He is a representative of the 16th, 17th and 18th CPC National Congress, an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a national model worker, and Fan Zhenxi, party committee secretary of Zhoutaizi Village, Luanping County, Hebei Province, who is known as the "iron man of farmers." Issued by Xinhua News Agency

Fan Zhenxi (third from right) works with members of the village team to study the future village development plan (photo taken on March 29, 2012). He served as a village branch secretary for 29 years, fought against blood cancer for 25 years, suffered from myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction and other diseases, and brushed past death again and again. With his firm belief that "the villagers will not be reconciled to the good life," he struggled with the disease, faced poverty directly, dared to bear it, United the team with iron perseverance, and led the party members and all the villagers to be self-reliant. Without waiting or relying on it, he built a poor and backward small mountain village into a bright pearl in the Yanshan Mountains. He is a representative of the 16th, 17th and 18th CPC National Congress, an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a national model worker, and Fan Zhenxi, party committee secretary of Zhoutaizi Village, Luanping County, Hebei Province, who is known as the "iron man of farmers." Issued by Xinhua News Agency