In January 2006, Gong Qu Cili (left) instructed new recruits training in the snow. File photo by Xinhua News Agency. "None of his internal organs are healthy. Any one of the six severe illnesses could have taken his life; such a patient is rare." Sina Lamu remembers the doctor's description of her husband Gong Qu Cili's condition. Gong Qu Cili, former deputy commander of the Diqing military sub-district in Yunnan Province, was born in 1954 and joined the army in 1970. After serving for 39 years, including 24 years working on the Diqing plateau, he participated in 127 major operations, including significant military actions on the southwestern border and disaster relief efforts in the local area. On February 5, 2009, he suddenly collapsed due to myocardial infarction. "Let me stay for a few more years" During a once-in-50-years major snowstorm in the Diqu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gong Qu Cili personally shoveled snow and broke ice, working continuously for 10 hours and fainting three times during the process. "I don't want anything, not even the position of deputy commander. I know the Tibetan region well; let me stay for a few more years," he pleaded with Political Commissar Lang Youliang of the Yunnan Provincial Military District in their final discussion. In November 2007, after completing his 10-year term, Gong Qu Cili should have retired like all other military officers and enjoyed his later years in the pleasant climate of Kunming. However, the Provincial Military District Party Committee allowed him to remain in Diqu. One year later, Gong Qu Cili had to be carried away from Shangri-La. Since starting work on the plateau 24 years earlier, this was the first time he had been far from the Meili Snow Mountain, Napahai Lake, and the army for an extended period. He had previously fainted twice at his workplace. The diagnosis from the cardiologist at the Kunming General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region was: 40% heart muscle infarction, extensive lung infection, and nearly failing heart pump... Despite only having one more year, Gong Qu Cili still left multiple imprints in the Tibetan region. In January 2008, the Diqu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture experienced a once-in-50-years major snowstorm. Leading over 300 soldiers into the mountains, Gong Qu Cili personally shoveled snow and broke ice, working continuously for 10 hours and fainting three times along the way. Recovered economic losses amounting to 40 million yuan Each time he went to the countryside or returned to his hometown in Deqin County, he always loaded rice, canned food, and clothes onto his vehicle. His wife, Sina Lamu, noticed her husband’s habit: each time he went to the countryside or returned to his hometown in Deqin County, he always loaded rice, canned food, and clothes onto his vehicle. Upon encountering elderly people without family or impoverished households, he would distribute some supplies to them. In May 2003, while visiting the village elders back home, Gong Qu Cili learned that there were 25 villagers over 70 years old who all wanted to visit Beijing. He withdrew the family's entire savings of 8,000 yuan and coordinated additional funds from the county Civil Affairs Bureau, handing it all to the elder Nibu, allowing him to lead the 25 elderly villagers on a tour of Beijing. Someone once made a rough estimate regarding Gong Qu Cili: in the 24 years spent in Diqu, he built over 30 kilometers of new roads in remote mountainous areas, sponsored more than 200 people from various ethnic groups, helped establish 21 distinctive livestock farms, led teams in participating in more than 100 rescue operations, and recovered economic losses amounting to over 40 million yuan. "If I can't accomplish the task, I won't go back" Gong Qu Cili was naturally outgoing, loved dancing to Deqin string music and Guozhuang dance, and bore many marks of being a Kamba man. In his brother Gong Qu Tudou's eyes, Gong Qu Cili had the high cheekbones and stern eyes typical of Tibetans. Naturally outgoing, he frequented Tibetan shops, drank butter tea he prepared himself, danced to Deqin string music and Guozhuang dance, and everywhere bore the marks of being a Kamba man. However, the straightforward Kamba man also had another side. To secure meal allowances for grassroots soldiers, Gong Qu Cili once blocked Li Xuguang, then working at the provincial military district office. Commander Li Xuguang of the Diqu Military Sub-District recalls: Gong Qu Cili smiled, put up with embarrassment, and persisted tirelessly, becoming a completely different person. "He said, 'You must solve this problem no matter what. I'll wait for you if you go to a meeting.'" After the meeting, they found him still waiting. Unable to resist him, they finally gave him 200,000 yuan. Two days later, he came back again, claiming, "I won't return until I get this done." "I'm most afraid of seeing him; whenever I see him, there's definitely something," Li Xuguang remarked. Gong Jianping remembers the day his father was buried—February 8, 2009: many mourners gathered on Jumin Road where their house was located, filling the entire street; unfamiliar elders requested to keep vigil, saying they had once received help from his father; the small hillside at the cemetery was covered with wreaths, covering the entire hilltop. By reporter Zhu Liudi. A Tibetan officer served on the plateau for 24 years, participated in disaster relief over a hundred times, and ultimately passed away in service. Source: Beijing TV's Morning News in Beijing. Play Video Beautiful Pictures ; Human Models ; Psychedelic *** ; Semi-realistic Dolls Related thematic articles: After all facilities were installed, criminal penalties were waived, and no one wanted him anymore.