Song Ping

Song Ping
宋平
Song in 1949
Head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
June 1987 – December 1989
General SecretaryZhao Ziyang
Jiang Zemin
Preceded byWei Jianxing
Succeeded byLu Feng
State Councilor of the People's Republic of China
In office
June 1983 – April 1988
PremierZhao Ziyang
5th Director of the State Planning Commission
In office
June 1983 – June 1987
PremierZhao Ziyang
Preceded byYao Yilin
Succeeded byYao Yilin
Communist Party Secretary of Gansu
In office
June 1977 – January 1981
DeputyFeng Jixin (Governor)
Preceded byXian Henghan
Succeeded byFeng Jixin
Governor of Gansu
In office
June 1977 – December 1979
Preceded byXian Henghan
Succeeded byFeng Jixin
Personal details
Born (1917-04-24) 24 April 1917 (age 107)
Ju County, Shandong, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Spouse
(died 2019)
ChildrenSong Yichang (son)
Song Yichun (son)
Chinese name
Chinese宋平
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSòng Píng
Wade–GilesSung P'ing

Song Ping (Chinese: 宋平; born 24 April 1917)[1] is a Chinese Communist revolutionary and a retired high-ranking politician. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Song is considered the only living member of the Second Generation of Chinese Leadership.

  1. ^ 周树兴; 李晓平 (1995). 「说道」山东人. 中国社会出版社. ISBN 9787800887031. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2016-02-06. 宋平,1917年4月24日出生于山东省莒县。