Song Lewei

Song Lewei
宋乐伟
Communist Party Secretary of Xuzhou
Assumed office
May 2022
Personal details
BornOctober 1969 (age 56)
Weifang, Shandong, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materSoutheast University

Song Lewei (Chinese: 宋乐伟; born October 1969) is a Chinese politician currently serving as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Xuzhou and First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Xuzhou Military Subdistrict. He is a delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, a member of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a deputy to the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.[1]

Biography

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Song Lewei was born in October 1969 in Weifang, Shandong Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in November 1992 and entered the workforce in August 1993. From 1989 to 1993, he studied welding technology and equipment in the Department of Materials Engineering at Shandong University of Technology. After graduation, he worked at Nanjing Superconductor Materials Technology Development Company as a staff member and later as deputy manager of its bioproducts marketing department.[2]

In 1997, he entered the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Science and Technology, where he served in various roles, including deputy section chief and later section chief of the Comprehensive Planning Division. Between 1997 and 2000, he pursued a master's degree in technology economics and management at the School of Economics and Management of Southeast University. From 2001 to 2004, he was deputy director of the General Office of the Department of Science and Technology and participated in aid work in Tibet as deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group and executive deputy director of the Lhasa Science and Technology Bureau.[3] He continued his doctoral studies in management science and engineering at Southeast University from 2002 to 2009, earning a PhD degree. From 2009 to 2011, he served as director of the Development Planning and Finance Division of the Department of Science and Technology of Jiangsu Province.[4]

Song was later transferred to South Jiangsu, where he held local leadership positions. He served as Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary and then head of Tongzhou District, before being appointed Party secretary of Tongzhou District, concurrently chairing the district's Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 2016, he became a member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Nantong Municipal Committee while continuing as Party secretary of Tongzhou.[5]

In May 2017, Song was transferred to Suqian, where he served as deputy Party secretary and concurrently president of the Party School. In December 2020, he was appointed Party secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Emergency Management,[6] and in January 2021, he was confirmed as both Party secretary and director of the department.[7] In May 2022, he was appointed Party secretary of Xuzhou,[8] and in July of the same year, he was also named First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Xuzhou Military Subdistrict.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "宋乐伟任徐州市委书记-新华网". Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). 2022-05-05. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  2. ^ "陈忠伟任宿迁市政府党组书记 宋乐伟接任江苏省应急管理厅党委书记_中国经济网——国家经济门户". 地方经济频道_中国经济网 (in Chinese). 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  3. ^ "宋乐伟任徐州市委书记". 新浪财经_金融信息服务商 (in Chinese). 2022-05-05. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  4. ^ "江苏省应急管理厅厅长宋乐伟任徐州市委书记_长三角政商_澎湃新闻-The Paper". thepaper.cn (in Chinese). 2022-05-05. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  5. ^ "宋乐伟任徐州市委书记_杭州网". 新闻中心-杭州网. 2022-05-05. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  6. ^ "宿迁市委副书记宋乐伟任江苏省应急厅党委书记,提名厅长人选_人事风向_澎湃新闻-The Paper". thepaper.cn (in Chinese). 2020-12-23. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  7. ^ "空缺近半年后,宋乐伟出任徐州市委书记_人事风向_澎湃新闻-The Paper". thepaper.cn (in Chinese). 2022-05-05. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  8. ^ "徐州市委书记宋乐伟:成就"彭城万里",实现"幸福徐来"_澎湃江苏_澎湃新闻-The Paper". thepaper.cn (in Chinese). 2024-01-25. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
Party political offices
Preceded by Communist Party Secretary of Xuzhou
May 2022 –
Incumbent
Government offices
Preceded by Director of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Emergency Management
January 2021 – May 2022
Succeeded by