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The Daqing Oilfield and Iron Man Wang Jinxi History

The Daqing Oilfield and Iron Man Wang Jinxi

On 26 September 1959, a rig in the Songliao Basin of Heilongjiang Province pushed a column of oil out of the Songji No. 3 well at a rate of 13.02 tonnes a day, and the sound it made reached the Politburo in Beijing.

洞见 Nov 2, 2026 27 min read