Song Ping, veteran Chinese Communist, dies aged 108 after career that spanned decades

South China Morning PostEN 1 min read 100% complete by Josephine MaMarch 4, 2026 at 11:56 AM

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Song Ping, a long-serving veteran of the Chinese Communist Party, died in Beijing on Wednesday at the age of 108. Born in 1917, Song joined the Communist Party in 1937 and began his career in the 1930s, serving as a political secretary to Zhou Enlai before the founding of the People's Republic. Throughout his career, he held numerous significant positions, culminating in his membership on the Politburo Standing Committee, the party's highest decision-making body, in 1989. Song retired in 1992 at the age of 75, having lived through the leadership of five generations of Communist Party leaders. His death was reported by state news agency Xinhua.

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