From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Song Ping
Song Ping
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Gansu Succeeded by
Xian Henghan 1977 – 1979[citation needed] Feng Jixin
Preceded by Secretary of the CPC Gansu Committee Succeeded by
Xian Henghan 1977 – 1981 Feng Jixin
Preceded by Chairman of the State Planning Commission Succeeded by
Yao Yilin of China Yao Yilin
1983 – 1987
Preceded by Head of CPC Central Organization Depart- Succeeded by
Wei Jianxing ment Lu Feng
1987 – 1992
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Song. [2] Yao, Jin (pen name) (November 21, 2001).
Song Ping (Chinese: 宋平; pinyin: Sòng Píng; born April [tt_news=28482&tx_ttnews[backPid]=191&no_cache=1
1917) was an official in the Communist Party of China, a "Hu Jintao: The Bird that Keeps its Head Down"].
former member of the Standing Committee, and is con- China Brief (Volume: 1 Issue: 10). The Jamestown
sidered a member of the Second Generation of Chinese Foundation. http://www.jamestown.org/
Leadership. programs/chinabrief/single/
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Biography [3]
Retrieved 28 March 2010.
Thomson, Robert (June 24, 1987). "Beijing shuffle
He rose through the ranks of the party to become first points to growing Cabinet intrigues". The Sydney
secretary of CCP Gansu Division, and later Minister of Or- Morning Herald: pp. 18. http://news.google.com/
ganization of CCP. Song was in charge of senior cadres’ newspapers?id=DVgVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q-
recommendation, candidacy and promotion.[citation need- QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1308,5668044&dq=song-
ed] ping&hl=en. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
During his time as First Secretary of CPP Gansu Divi- [4] "Party to purge its ranks". The Sydney Morning
sion, Song Ping became mentor of two young protéges - Herald: pp. 11. http://news.google.com/
Hu Jintao[1] and Wen Jiabao[citation needed] - who were to newspapers?id=1jcRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7OcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4020,3026
become the current Chinese president and the current ping&hl=en. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
Premier of the Chinese State Council respectively.[2] [5] Kristof, Nicholas D. (October 20, 1992). "CHINESE
In 1987, Song left the Planning Commission to replace SHAKE UP TOP PARTY GROUP; FREE MARKET
Wei Jianxing as head of the CPC Central Organization GAINS". New York Times (The New York Times
Department.[3] Song announced a decision by the Com- Company). http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/20/
munist Party of China to expel members of the com- world/chinese-shake-up-top-party-group-free-
munist party who were sympathetic to pro-democracy market-gains.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved 28
demonstrations in the spring of 1988.[4] March 2010.
He stepped down as a member of the Standing Com- Persondata
mittee on October 19, 1992.[5]
Name Song Ping
Alternative
References names
[1] "Who’s Hu? Meet this engineer-Prez". IBNLive. Short descrip- official in the Communist Party of
IBNLive.com. November 20, 2006. tion China
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/whos-hu-meet-this-
Date of birth April 1917
engineerprez/26594-2.html. Retrieved 28 March
2010. Place of birth
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Date of death
Place of death
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