February 20, 1960 (, Boxer first month 24), the oil army Battle of Daqing.


Battle headquarters held technical symposium
1960 February 20, 2010, the central authorities have decided to start oil exploration and battle in Daqing area. From September 1959 to early 1960, many wells test dig to identify, Daqing region is a large area of ​​oil-bearing structure with an area of ​​2000 square kilometers. Proved oil storage area of ​​200 square kilometers, the preliminary estimate of the recoverable reserves of more than 100 million tons. Fastest proved a greater area of ​​the oil field, the development of new oil fields, and the central government from Yumen, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Sichuan Petroleum Administration Bureau and other oil factories, institutions, deployed dozens of support drilling crew, more than 2,000 scientific and technical personnel and a large quantity of equipment in the area of ​​Daqing Petroleum Exploration and Development Conference battle. Battle in extremely difficult conditions, the oil workers fighting to put forward the slogan of "prefer to live 20 years less, have to win the largest oil field" in the oilfield. Iron Man Wang Jinxi, a large number of oil workers emerged in battle, "the conditions, there are no conditions should create conditions" of (Wang Jinxi language) the Daqing spirit is also there is a world to form.
After years of exploration and development, to the end of the year, the basic exploration of the area and the content of all the oil fields. Three years later, the the Daqing oil production base is basically completed.