Cheng Shuzhen 
Iron Giant 

The Iron Giant is a novel reflecting the construction of socialist industry in China. It describes that in the second half of 1960, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, led by the advanced figures, such as Dai Jihong, the foreman of the cast steel workshop, Zhang Zili, the old worker, Yang Jian, the young technician and so on, the employees of the "North Machine Factory" carried out the party“s policy of self-reliance and striving to be strong, and bravely undertook the glorious and arduous task of manufacturing the first large-scale rolling mill in China. In the process of casting the main frame, they encountered a series of difficulties. In the task of production and scientific experiment, they had to fight against various bourgeois ideas that were not conducive to socialist construction. Thanks to the strong leadership of the party and the hard work of the workers and masses, they finally won the victory and the large-scale rolling mill was successfully manufactured! This is the victory of the party“s self-reliance policy, which shows the working class“s thorough revolutionary spirit and great creative power.