"Selfless dedication for the benefit of others" comes from Mao Zedong's article "Commemorating Bethune" written on February 2 1, 1939, which was put forward by Mao Zedong.

Bethune (1890- 1939) party member was a famous doctor and an international fighter. 1937 was sent by the Canadian * * * production party and the American * * * production party to lead the Canadian-American medical team to China to aid the Anti-Japanese War. 1938 arrived in Yan' an in March and soon worked in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border region. His enthusiastic attitude, high sense of responsibility and selfless work spirit were praised by the Eighth Route Army soldiers. 1939165438+1October 12, he died unfortunately because of virus infection. Mao Zedong wrote in this commemorative article: "Comrade Bethune's selfless dedication is manifested in his extreme responsibility for his work and his extreme enthusiasm for comrades and people." "Every communist party member should learn from Comrade Bethune's true spirit of capitalism, and be a" noble person ","pure person ","moral person ","free from vulgar tastes "and" beneficial to the people ". Since then, "selfless, self-serving" has become a typical slogan of China * * * producers' efforts to strengthen party spirit and moral cultivation, which has been circulated among the people for a long time.