Lei Jingtian

Lei Jingtian, or Lei Rongpu, was born in Nanning in 1904.

On June 30, 1919, the Guangxi National Assembly was held in Nanning, calling for people to "remember the national humiliation" and the government to "cancel the Twenty-One Demands". Lei Jingtian attended the assembly and delivered a statement as a representative. After that, Lei Jingtian ran around Xiamen, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Jiangxi, and other places, starting his exploration of seeking the truth of revolution and the right way to save the nation and the people.

In 1928, nine years later since leaving Guangxi, Lei Jingtian, then serving as a special correspondent of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee, returned to Guangxi to re-establish the Guangxi Party organization. ，

In February 1929, Lei Jingtian served as the Secretary of the CPC Guangxi Provincial Committee.

In July of the same year, Deng Xiaoping arrived at Nanning to rendezvous with Lei Jingtian. In this inconspicuous gas lamp store, Deng Xiaoping, Zhang Yunyi, Lei Jingtian, and other people devised strategies and organized the mutiny in Nanning.

On December 11, 1929, the Baise Uprising happened. On the day of the uprising, the Youjiang River Democratic Government of Works and Farmers was formally established; Lei Jingtian was elected chairman.

雷经天

1904年，原名雷荣璞的雷经天诞生于南宁。

1919年6月30日，呼吁“勿忘国耻”“取消二十一条”的广西国民大会在南宁举行，雷经天参加并作为代表发言。此后，雷经天辗转厦门、上海、广州、江西等地，开启了寻求革命真理，寻求救国救民之路的探索。

1928年，为重建广西党组织，时任中共广东省委特派员的雷经天时隔9年回到广西。

1929年2月雷经天任广西省委秘书。

同年7月，邓小平抵达南宁与雷经天会合，在这间不起眼的汽灯店里，邓小平、张云逸、雷经天等人运筹帷幄，发动南宁兵变。

1929年12月11日，百色起义爆发。起义当天，右江工农民主政府正式成立，雷经天当选主席。