He later took a job as an engineer at Wuyang Iron & Steel (now Heibei Iron and Steel Group Wuyang Iron and Steel), a state-run company in Henan Province.Īnother turning point came in 1992 when Xu, as one of the steelmaker's few university-educated employees, was put in charge of a heat-treatment process.
Xu successfully enrolled at the Wuhan Iron and Steel Institute (now Wuhan University of Science and Technology). "So he could go to university, unlike us."Ī turning point in his life came when the national unified university entrance examination resumed in 1977. In school, Xu "was quiet but performed very well," an elementary school classmate said. Xu helped to sell the results of his grandmother's and father's labor. His grandmother made vinegar, and his father grew willow trees to support the family. He slept on a bamboo bed and studied at a clay desk. He even ate moldy mantou after scraping off the mold, the book says. His mother died soon after giving birth, and he was raised by one of his grandmothers.Īccording to "Evergrande Group: Xu Jiayin," a book written by Guo Hongwen and Xu Yahui, Xu as a child ate mantou steamed buns made of corn or a type of grain called kaoliang. Xu was born in 1958 to a father who had fought in World War II. (Photos taken October 12, 2021, by Noriyuki Doi) This elementary school that Xu built was named after him. Left to right: Villagers' donations helped to build this monument to Xu.
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