Song Jian | |
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宋健 | |
State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China | |
In office 1986–1998 | |
Premier | Zhao Ziyang→Li Peng |
Director of the State Science and Technology Commission | |
In office 1985–1998 | |
Preceded by | Fang Yi |
Succeeded by | Zhu Lilan |
President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering | |
In office 1998–2002 | |
Preceded by | Zhu Guangya |
Succeeded by | Xu Kuangdi |
Personal details | |
Born | Rongcheng, Shandong, China | 29 December 1931
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma mater | Harbin Institute of Technology, Beijing Foreign Language Institute, Moscow State University, Bauman Moscow State Technical University |
Song Jian (Chinese: 宋健; Wade–Giles: Sung Chien; born 29 December 1931) is a Chinese aerospace engineer, demographer, and politician. He was deputy chief designer of China's submarine-launched ballistic missile (JL-1) and one of the country's leading scientists in the post-Cultural Revolution era. After a decade of two-child restrictions in the 1970s, and following the Chinese government's announcement in 1979 to advocate for one child per family, he became a leading advocate for rapid implementation and broad coverage of China's one-child policy.[1][2][3][4] He served in high-ranking political positions including Vice Minister of Aerospace Industry, Director of the State Science and Technology Commission (1985–1998), vice-premier-level State Councillor (1986–1998), President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.