习仲勋与边区盐业二三事

Stories about Xi Zhongxun and the Salt Industry in the Border Regions

抗战相持阶段,盐是边区政府除公粮外最重要的收入来源,发展边区盐业的中心环节是运输。1941年5月,习仲勋任关中食盐督运司令,在关中这一特殊地区积极扩大食盐运销渠道,用食盐在国统区换回了大量布匹、棉花、日用百货和军用品,从而打破了封锁,活跃了边区经济,克服了财政困难。1943年1月,习仲勋从林伯渠手中接过毛泽东题写的奖状"党的利益在第一位"。这一荣誉是党中央和毛泽东对习仲勋长期在关中分区工作的高度肯定,对习仲勋在大生产运动中的表现的高度肯定,也包含着对习仲勋担任食盐督运司令的高度肯定。

In the stage of stalemate of the Anti-Japanese War,salt was the most important source of revenue except public grain in Border Regions and the crucial part of the development of the salt industry was transportation.In May 1941,Xi Zhongxun was the commander to supervise the transportation of table salt in Guan Zhong.In this special area,he actively expanded channels for the transportation and marketing of table salt and exchanged a lot of cloth,cotton,daily necessities and military goods,thus breaking the regional blockades,invigorating the economy in the Border Region and overcoming financial difficulties.In January 1943,Xi Zhongxun took the award from the hands of Lin Boqu,which inscribed by Mao Zedong as ＂The Party＇s Interests First＂.The honor was a high praise that Xi Zhongxun deserved from the Central Party Committee and Mao Zedong for his long term work in Guan Zhong sub region and his performance in the large-scale production campaign and his effective supervision of and transportation of table salt as well.