Song Zhaosu (; March 1941 – 25 July 2022) was a Chinese politician.

Early life and education

He was born in Nanyang, Henan. He graduated from

Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou University (), colloquially known in Chinese as Zhèngdà () and abbreviated as ZZU is a public university located in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. Zhengzhou University is the largest university in China in terms of number of students (a ...

in 1964 and a year later joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

Career

Song Zhaosu had started his political career as the head of the Organization Department of Zhoukou District Committee in

Zhoukou Zhoukou (; Postal romanization, postal: Chowkow) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province of China, province, China. It borders Zhumadian to the southwest, Xuchang and Luohe to the west, Kaifeng to the northwest, Shangqiu to the north ...

, Henan province. Later on, he served as deputy secretary of the

Shangshui County Shangshui County () is a county in the east of Henan province, China. It is under the administration of Zhoukou Zhoukou (; Postal romanization, postal: Chowkow) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province of China, province, China. It b ...

Committee and then was its magistrate and secretary of

Taikang County Taikang County (), formerly known as Yangjia County or Yangxia County, is a county in the north of Zhoukou prefecture-level city, in the east of Henan province, China. It is divided into 23 townships and 766 villages. The county is home to 1.43 mil ...

. Following that he became a secretary of both Zhoukou and

Xuchang Xuchang (; postal: Hsuchang) is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province in Central China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the northwest, Kaifeng to the northeast, Zhoukou to the east, Luohe to the southeast, and Pi ...

districts as well as of Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Political and Legal Committee of the Henan Provincial Party Committee. In 1988 he became a member of the Standing Committee and then was appointed vice-governor of his home province. Zhaosu was then appointed a governor and served there from 1999 to 2001 and from that year till 2003 was a Communist Party Committee Secretary of Gansu. On 22 April 2002, he was elected as the secretary of the provincial party committee at the 10th meeting of the CCP Gansu Provincial Committee. From January 2003 to August of the same year, he served as the director of the Standing Committee of the Gansu Provincial People's Congress. In August 2003, he served as deputy director of the 10th People's Congress Environment and Resources Protection Committee. He also served as an alternate member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and was a member of its 16th Central Committee. In March 2005, he was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in the Third Session of the 10th National People's Congress.

Death

On 25 July 2022, he died from an illness in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

, at the age of 81.

References

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Song Zhaosu
on the '' People's Daily'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Song, Zhaosu 1941 births 2022 deaths People from Nanyang, Henan Zhengzhou University alumni Vice-governors of Henan Governors of Gansu People's Republic of China politicians from Henan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Henan Members of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress Alternate members of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party