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Biography Revised: 6/28/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006
Biography
Song Jinsheng, male, Han nationality, is a native of Jiangxian county, Hebei province. Born in 1932, he joined the China Peasant's and Worker's Democratic Party in 1953 and graduated from the Machinery Department of the Tangshan Railway Institute in 1958. He holds the title of senior engineer.
Song's career has been a varied one, beginning in education, moving to government and ending with active participation in the China Peasant's and Worker's Democratic Party. In 1949, Song joined the government in the Maritime Transportation Bureau under the Ministry of Communications. He then became dean of the Machinery Department of Southwest Jiaotong University and, from that position, he became vice-president, president, and senior engineer of the Taiyuan Management Cadres Institute under the Ministry of Communications. In 1998, he was chairman of the 11th China Peasant's and Worker's Democratic Party Central Committee and, in 1992, became vice-chairman and secretary-general of the 12th China Peasant's and Worker's Democratic Party Central Committee. He was secretary-general of both the 8th and 9th CPPCC Central Committees.
Song was deputy secretary-general of the 9th CPPCC National Committee and vice-chairman of the 12th Central Committee of China Peasant's and Worker's Democratic Party.
Career Data
| 1998—2003 | Deputy Secretary-General, 9th CPPCC, National Committee | |
| 1998—2003 | Member, 9th CPPCC, National Committee, Standing Committee | |
| 1997— | Vice-Chairman, 12th Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, Central Committee | |
| 1993—1998 | Deputy Secretary-General, 8th CPPCC, National Committee | |
| 1992—1997 | Secretary-General, 11th Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, Central Committee | |
| 1953 | Joined, Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party |
