Central Military Commission

The Central Military Commission appears in the account as one of the national authorities recognizing Rong Jinzhen as a Hero of the Revolution. Its name gives national weight to a document that changed how his family could live, although the account attributes the document itself to regional authorities rather than describing the Commission’s direct role in issuing it.

Recognition of Rong Jinzhen

A representative of Rong Jinzhen’s work unit delivered a document bearing the letterhead of the PLA Military Region headquarters and the Provincial Revolutionary Committee. It stated that Rong had been recognized as a Hero of the Revolution by the Central Politburo, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission. The account presents the Commission as part of this group of highest-level authorities conferring recognition; it does not specify its individual deliberations or actions.

The Document and Its Protections

The document declared Rong’s relatives a revolutionary family. It said that no work unit, Communist Party member, or private individual could enter their home without permission, and barred people from casting aspersions on the family’s revolutionary credentials. A handwritten warning at the top, attributed to the local Military Region commander, threatened punishment for anyone who disobeyed. The family treasured the document, which translated official recognition into explicit protection.

Effects on the Family

The family’s account credits the document with ending subsequent trouble and enabling Rong’s brother to return to N University from Shanghai. It also helped him obtain permission to go abroad to continue research on superconductors, work he could not pursue in China at the time. In this recollection, the Commission’s appearance among the recognizing authorities is part of the official standing that gave the family’s protection practical force.

Limits of the Account

The recognition’s institutional context remains partly hidden. The family says it did not know what task Rong had accomplished for the country to receive such powers, and later heard speculation that he had played a key role in the nuclear weapons program. That possibility is presented as a rumor and inference, not as confirmed information. The Central Military Commission is therefore associated with the public authority behind Rong’s honored status, while the secret work and decisions that lay behind it remain undisclosed.