Song Ruixiang (; born October 1939) is a Chinese politician who served as governor of Qinghai from 1985 to 1989, from 1994 to 1998, and director of the China Earthquake Administration from 2002 to 2004. He was a member of the

15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 1997 to 2002. The 14th Central Committee preceded it. It was followed by the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. This was the first Central Committee ...

and a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, zh, 中国人民政治协商会议), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of ...

Biography

Song was born in Jintan County (now Jintan District of Changzhou),

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

, in October 1939. Starting in 1957, he successively served as technician, engineer, deputy division director, and deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Geological Bureau. He was deputy director and then director of the Qinghai Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources from April 1982 to June 1985. In July 1985, he was promoted to become deputy party secretary and governor of Qinghai, and served until September 1989. In October 1989, he became , rising to minister in April 1994. He was appointed director of the State Environmental Protection Administration in April 1998, concurrently holding the deputy director of the National Mineral Resources Commission position. He was chosen as director of the China Earthquake Administration in January 2002, and held that office until December 2004. He retired in December 2009.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Song, Ruixiang 1939 births Living people People from Changzhou Governors of Qinghai People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu Members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the Standing Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference