Song Shusheng (; born 1928) is a Chinese translator and politician who served as director of the

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between 1980 and 1996. He was one of the founders of the

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and also president of the association from 1998 to 2004. He was a representative of the

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, and

14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was convened from 12 to 18 October, 1992. It was preceded by the 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. 2,000 delegates represented the party's 51 million members. The ...

. He was a member of the 8th and 9th National Committee of the

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Biography

Song was born in

Xinhe County, Hebei Xinhe () is a county in the south of Hebei province, China, located on the Fuyang River (), which is part of the Hai River watershed. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural ci ...

, in 1928. He joined the

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(CCP) in 1949. In 1949, he graduated from the Russian language class of the Foreign Language Department of the Second Department of North China University (now

Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU; ) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction. The Internation ...

). In 1951, he became a translator in the Translation Office of Stalin's Complete Works by the

Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party The Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, also known as the Propaganda Department or Central Propaganda Department, is an internal division of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ...

. In 1953, he joined the newly founded

, where he eventually became director in June 1980. He retired in 2005.

Awards

* 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Song, Shusheng 1928 births Living people People from Xinhe County, Hebei Beijing Foreign Studies University alumni Russian–Chinese translators German–Chinese translators People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei Delegates to the 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference