George Aylwin Hogg was born just 110 years ago in 1915 in Harpenden, England but died aged only 30 becoming a legendary national hero in the war-torn 1930’s and 40’s in China.

His memory is held in extraordinarily high regard in China to this day whereas he is not known about to any great extent in his own country.

Here is an excellent CHINA DECODED podcast precis of George Hogg's achievements in China produced by Yubin Du:

George Aylwin Hogg was part of a vision to create a unique form of industrial training on which to base the reconstruction of industry for a new post-war China. While a vignette of Aylwin’s life was portrayed in Roger Spottiswoode’s 2008 film, The Children of Huang Shi, the full picture of this remarkable life—often painted with Aylwin’s own words—shows how this young Englishman’s life was deeply interwoven in the lives of the men and people he served.

The year 2025 is a major anniversary year of many important events:

• 80 years since the end of the global war against fascism (WWII)
• 80 years since the signing of the Umited Nations Charter
• 80 years since the premature death in China of George Aylwin Hogg
• 110th anniversary of his birth in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England
• 60 years since the foundation of SACU - The Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding

These events are being celebrated in many ways throughout China and in the UK in a combined effort to keep the memories alive of this courageous young journalist and educator who unselfishly dedicated his short life to the good of the ordinary Chinese people who came to love and admire him for his humanitarian work amongst them during their most difficult times of the Japanese invasion of their country.