“我国著名科学家、中国科学院新疆分院副院长、上海生物化学研究所研究员彭加木同志,1980年6月17日在新疆罗布泊洼地进行科学考察时,不幸遇难,以身殉职。为了表彰彭加木同志忠诚党的科学事业,献身祖国科学事业的革命精神,经国务院批准,授予他革命烈士的光荣称号。”(摘自中国共产党新疆维吾尔自治区委员会、新疆维吾尔自治区人民政府《关于开展向革命烈士彭加木同志学习活动的决定》,1981年10月13日)。岁月如流,彭加木先生离开我们已经二十年了,在西部大开发已成为我国发展经济重要的战略决策,并已在付诸实施的时刻,新疆化学研究所的职工们回忆起他与我所的另一位缔造者陈善明先生建所的艰辛历程,深切怀念这位为开拓边疆科学事业而无私奉献的先行者的丰功伟绩。彭加木先生是一位具有远大理想、乐于吃苦、勇于奋斗的人。他在1956年曾给中国科学院郭沫若院长写信:“我志愿到边疆去,这是我的夙愿。我的科学知识 ”China’s famous scientist, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang Branch of the vice president, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, researcher Comrade Peng Jia wood, June 17, 1980 in Xinjiang Lop Nur depression scientific investigation, unfortunately died, died in line .In recognition of Comrade Peng Jia Mu loyalty The party’s scientific cause and the revolutionary spirit of devotion to the cause of science in the motherland won the glorious title of his revolutionary martyr with the approval of the State Council. “(From the Committee of the CPC Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and the People’s Government of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Carrying Out Learning from Comrade Peng Jia Mu, the Revolutionary Martyr Decision on Activities, October 13, 1981). Years have passed, Mr. Peng Jiamu left us for 20 years, and in the great development of the western region has become an important strategic decision for China’s economic development and has been implemented, workers at Xinjiang Chemical Institute recall that he and I Chen Shan-ming, the other founder of the frontier construction industry, deeply commends the great achievements of this forerunner who dedicated himself to pioneering the science in frontier areas. Mr Pangamu is a man of lofty ideals, willing to endure hardship and courage. In 1956, he wrote to the president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guo Moruo: ”I volunteered to go to the frontier, and this is my longing. My scientific knowledge