余秋里同志担任国家计委主任多年，是全国计划系统广大干部十分敬爱的老领导。他在战争年代，是著名的战将；五十年代，担任石油工业部部长，负责开发了大庆油田，在工业战线树立了光辉的榜样。周恩来总理曾经称赞他说：“余秋里虽说做经济工作的经验不多，可他有打仗的经验， Comrade Yu Qiuri served as the director of the State Planning Commission for many years and is the old leader of the National Planning System. In the war years, he was a famous warlord. In the fifties, he was the minister of the petroleum industry. He was responsible for the development of the Daqing Oilfield and set a shining example on the industrial front. Premier Zhou Enlai once praised him and said: "Yu Qiuli has little experience in economic work, but he has experience in fighting wars.