Looking Back on Eighty Years

The author of this book is Mr. Xiang Meigen, a renowned 80-year-old expert in China's valve industry. For 58 years, the author has been dedicated to the work of product standards, design, manufacturing, experimental research, information intelligence and product quality supervision and inspection in the valve and valve drive device industry. This book records his entire life of persistently doing one thing well, innovating, creating and starting a business. He embodies the "craftsman spirit" that is carried forward and practiced in the new era, which is worthy of public learning and praise. The author had never published any literary books before, but the author's life was full of ups and downs and was very characteristic of The Times. His experience of starting a business at the age of fifty is a rare and valuable asset, thought-provoking and worth recommending. In the enterprise he founded, he directly integrated the "research and development" and "manufacturing" of valves, conducting production and manufacturing within research and conducting research within production and manufacturing. This brand-new concept of scientific social practice has been widely adopted by the whole society.

本书作者是我国阀门行业著名的80岁高龄老专家项美根先生，本书作者毕生从事阀门及阀门驱动装置行业的产品标准、设计、制造、试验研究、信息情报和产品质量监督检测工作58年。本书记述了他一辈子坚持做好一件事，创新，创造，创业的一生。他身上有着新时代弘扬和践行的"工匠精神"，值得大众学习和赞扬。作者之前并无出版文学图书，但该书作者的一生坎坷波折，很有时代特点，他五十岁下海创业的经历是笔难能可贵的财富，发人深思，值得推荐。他在自己所创办的企业里把阀门的"科研"与"制造"直接融为一体，在科研中搞生产制造，在生产制造中搞科研。这一种崭新的科学社会实践理念，直得全社会借鉴。

项美根，男，1942年12月出生，浙江浦江县人，浙江工业大学化工机械专业毕业，中共党员，现任黄山良业智能控制股份有限公司董事长，安徽省民营科技实业家协会副主席，国际标准阀门技术委员会ISO/TC153注册专家，全国阀门标准化技术委员会阀门驱动装置分技术委员会委员，中国机械工程学会第六届管道与阀门委员会委员，中国阀门协会科技专家委员会顾问。高级工程师，享受安徽省政府特殊津贴。