Huang was a member of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) who died a heroic death in the Korean war (June 1950-July 1953) against the U.S. imperialist aggression forces.

The Party and Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea awarded the internationalist fighter the title of DPRK Hero and had Ryomsong Senior Middle School named after Huang Jieguang on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the CPV's entry into the Korean war to add luster to his feats. Now it is called Huang Jieguang Secondary School.

President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il sent educational and cultural equipment to the school in several installments for its development.

Kim Il Sung, when meeting teachers and students of the school on an excursion tour near Kuryong Falls in Mt. Kumgang, gave them detailed instructions as regards education and had a photo taken with them.

The school, known as an exemplary one in the country, boasts of physical, chemical and all other necessary laboratories and service facilities.

China has donated numbers of teaching aids and books to the school, which has been visited by many Chinese guests.

It has also been visited by lots of local people to mark the 60th anniversary of the CPV's entry into the Korean war.