Lei Feng Memorial Day is held on March 5 every year. This year is the 60th Memorial Day to learn from Lei Feng.

Lei Feng Memorial Day was established on March 5, 1963. March 5, 2023 will be the 60th Memorial Day to learn from Lei Feng. Lei Feng, formerly known as Lei Zhengxing. Lei Feng's greatest influence on later generations is the Lei Feng spirit named after him. The Lei Feng spirit refers to the revolutionary spirit that takes Lei Feng's selfless dedication as its basic connotation and is continuously enriched and developed in practice. Lei Feng's spirit influenced subsequent generations of Chinese people.

About Lei Feng’s famous sayings

1. I would like to be a screw that will never rust.

2. Devote your limited life to unlimited service to the people.

3. Without wind and rain, it cannot grow into a big tree; without being tempered, it is difficult to become steel.

4. Strength comes from unity, wisdom comes from labor, action comes from thought, and honor comes from collective.

5. Treat other people’s difficulties as your own difficulties, and regard your comrades’ happiness as your own happiness.

6. When it comes to work, you must align yourself with the comrades who are the most motivated; in life, you must align yourself with the comrades who have the lowest level.

7. When the motherland and the people are at the most critical moment, I will stand up and not be afraid of sacrifice. Live for the people, die for the people.

8. Treat comrades as warm as spring, treat work as hot as summer, treat individualism as the autumn wind sweeps away fallen leaves, and treat enemies as ruthlessly as the harsh winter.

9. A drop of water will never dry up until it is put into the ocean. A person can be most powerful only when he integrates himself with the collective cause.

10. In adversity, as long as one's confidence does not fall, adverse circumstances cannot become a stumbling block to a person's success. In adversity, realizing one's ideals without the help of others is a greater success.