Wang Chonglun

Wang Chonglun (1927–2002) was a Chinese model worker at the Anshan Iron and Steel Company (Angang).

Wang was born in 1927 in Liaoyang, Liaoning.^[1]

Wang was a Chinese model worker at the Anshan Iron and Steel Company (Angang).^{[2]: 241-243} His work speed resulted in the nickname "man in front of time".^{[1][3]: 245}

In December 1953, Wang organized the Wang Chonglun Advanced Producer School, modeled on the Stakhanovite School of the Soviet Union.^[2]: 216

In 1960, Wang worked at Angang's Northern Machine-Repair Factory.^[2]: 243 There, Wang invented a semi-automated drilling machine that increased worker drilling speed by a factor of fourteen.^[2]: 243

Wang and a group of other model workers proposed that the All-China Federation of Trade Unions launch a national technological innovation campaign, which the ACFTU did.^[3]: 245

Wang became was the chairman of the Anshan Iron and Steel Trade Union, vice chairman of the ACFTU, and deputy secretary of the Harbin Municipal Party Committee.^[1]

Wang died in 2002.^[1]

Wang's experiences, along with those of fellow Anshan model worker Meng Tai, are portrayed in the 2022 film Steel Will.^[4]

• Technological and industrial history of China