On the evening of September 6, 2026, the 2026 "Write the Chapter of Youth on the Land of the Motherland" online theme publicity and interactive guidance event for the ideological and political course was held at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, Anhui. Wang Ji, a "model of the times" and a researcher at the School of Computer Science at the National University of Defense Technology, came to the center of the stage with both hands in a wheelchair. He saluted slowly but firmly, and the audience applauded for a long time.
Who is Wang Ji?
He was admitted to the National University of Defense Technology when he was under 14 years old, was promoted to professor at the age of 33, was funded by the National Science Fund for Outstanding Youth at the age of 38, and won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award at the age of 43...
At the age of 43, he unfortunately lost his legs and suffered from uremia at the age of 51...
It was he who returned to work in a wheelchair at the age of 45, presided over the completion of more than 10 major projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation and the National Key R&D Program, trained more than 120 masters and doctors for national defense scientific research, and won the first prize of the Military Science and Technology Progress Award at the age of 55...
He is Wang Ji.
In the early morning of midsummer, the Xiangjiang River flows north, and the star city of Changsha is still sleeping. The tremor of a hand-cranked wheelchair awakened the night light in the hospital ward. In the next few hours, the wheelchair got into a car, boarded a plane, crossed the clouds, and then arrived in a distant city, stopping at an academic conference until a voice sounded: "Researcher Wang Ji from the School of Computer Science, National University of Defense Technology..."
At that moment, the person in the wheelchair who was "standing" with almost half of his body suddenly became the focus of the audience: it turned out that he was Wang Ji!
In the China Computer Federation, he served as the director and deputy director of two special committees; in a certain national defense 973 project, he served as the "chief technical expert"; in the Great Hall of the People, he was commended as the "National Self-improvement Model"; on the campus of the National University of Defense Technology, he is the "Teacher Wang" with countless fans...
An academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences praised his contribution: "He is the main pioneer in the field of high-reliability software technology in my country."
An airport staff member remembered his hurried figure: "He was an unforgettable 'wheelchair scientist' among the crowd!"
A surgeon shed tears for his strength: "I have never seen anyone suffering from such serious illness and still insisting on working..."
"Your name is Wang Ji, you must not be broken and sink into the sand!" Wang Ji told himself after losing his legs in 2013. Since then, he has used his wheelchair as a chariot and code as a sword to overcome obstacles in the field of high-reliability software. He has proved with 13 years of charge: King Ji will never fail!
In 2022, a top Western think tank released a report proposing "software-defined war" in the era of intelligence. The security and reliability of software have become the key to the outcome of future wars. Wang Ji has been paying attention to this issue many years ago. In 2003, Wang Ji and his mentor published the paper "High-Trust Software Engineering Technology", which was the first in my country to propose the concept of "high-trust software technology" and laid the foundation for "software-defined warfare".
In 2015, a major project was approved. This is the only high-trust software project in the military that is urgently needed by the country and the military. Wang Ji volunteered: "If you let me take the job, I will definitely take it; if you don't let me, I will also join the research team." At that time, it was only two years before the life-and-death operation. Before his body recovered, Wang Ji returned to campus in a wheelchair and led more than a dozen interdisciplinary and inter-unit scientific research teams to tackle difficulties with all their strength and fight selflessly. The war lasted for 6 years. In 2021, the project was successfully completed. The comprehensive evaluation report determined that: the overall technical level is at the forefront of the world, and some comparable indicators are leading the world.
This year, Wang Ji fell ill again. His kidneys, which had been damaged due to serious illness, failed. From then on, he had to undergo dialysis multiple times a week. Half his life later, Wang Ji became a scientist, and on his mission, he became "Luo Jianfu" in another sense.
The campus road from "Yinhe" to "Tianhe" has to pass through a wall of precepts. In the precepts on the wall, President Xi clearly defined the position of this military academy: "a highland for the cultivation of high-quality new military talents and independent innovation in national defense science and technology." Passing by the precept wall again and again and walking into the "Galaxy" and "Galaxy", Wang Ji felt as if he was walking under the attention of the commander-in-chief and walking in the inheritance of the "Galaxy Spirit".
Wang Ji suffered from a serious illness, and his mother Liu Guizhi's two statements made everyone moved. One time was when Wang Ji was being rescued, and the school leaders informed her of her condition. When she heard that her son had an amputation, the old mother was heartbroken and her lips turned purple from biting her lips. The first thing she said was: "It's causing trouble for the organization!" Another time was after Wang Ji returned to work. His colleagues saw that he was working hard and asked Liu Guizhi to persuade him. Liu Guizhi shook his head and said: "Wang Ji's second life was given by the Party and should be dedicated to the Party, even if he collapses from exhaustion!"
"My 'rebirth' has never been a lonely one." Wang Ji once said frankly to others, "I am not that strong. Countless people lit up the dark night for me."
"As long as my brain can still think and my hands can move, I will not stop." Wang Ji will never break!
