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Song Ruixiang

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Song Ruixiang
宋瑞祥
Director of the China Earthquake Administration
In office
January 2002 – December 2004
PremierZhu Rongji
Preceded byChen Zhangli [zh]
Succeeded byChen Jianmin
Minister of Geology and Mineral Resources [zh]
In office
April 1994 – March 1998
PremierLi Peng
Zhu Rongji
Preceded byZhu Xun [zh]
Succeeded byPosition revoked
Governor of Qinghai
In office
July 1985 – September 1989
Party SecretaryYin Kesheng
Preceded byHuang Jingbo [zh]
Succeeded byJin Jipeng [zh]
Personal details
BornOctober 1939 (age 85)
Jintan County, Jiangsu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party

Song Ruixiang (Chinese: 宋瑞祥; pinyin: Sòng Ruìxiáng; born October 1939) is a Chinese politician who served as governor of Qinghai from 1985 to 1989, minister of geology and mineral resources [zh] 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 and a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference..[1][2]

Biography

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Song was born in Jintan County (now Jintan District of Changzhou), Jiangsu, in October 1939.[1]

Starting in 1957, he successively served as technician, engineer, deputy division director, and deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Geological Bureau.[1] He was deputy director and then director of the Qinghai Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources from April 1982 to June 1985.[1] In July 1985, he was promoted to become deputy party secretary and governor of Qinghai, and served until September 1989.[1] In October 1989, he became vice minister of geology and mineral resources [zh], rising to minister in April 1994.[1][3] 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.[1] He was chosen as director of the China Earthquake Administration in January 2002, and held that office until December 2004.[1][4] He retired in December 2009.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Dai Jinsheng (戴金胜) (26 February 2006). 简历:全国政协委员宋瑞祥(科协). Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. ^ 第十五届中央委员宋瑞祥为新文网题词(组图). Sohu (in Chinese). 12 September 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. ^ Qi Min (亓敏) (19 April 2011). 原地矿部部长宋瑞祥来陕考察. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  4. ^ Ma Yuan (马原) (26 July 2010). 前中国地震局局长宋瑞祥:没必要争论地震可否预报. chinadaily.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 July 2022.
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Qinghai
1985–1989
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Geology and Mineral Resources [zh]
1994–1998
Succeeded by
Position revoked
Preceded by Director of the China Earthquake Administration
2002–2004
Succeeded by
Chen Jianmin (陈建民)