Song was in charge of senior cadres' recommendation, candidacy and promotion.

[citation needed] During his time as Party Chief of Gansu, Song Ping became mentor of two young protégés – Hu Jintao[2] and Wen Jiabao[citation needed] – who were to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the Premier of the Chinese State Council, respectively.

[3] In 1987, Song left the Planning Commission to replace Wei Jianxing as head of the CCP Central Organization Department.

[5] After the Tiananmen Square protests, Song became a member of Politburo Standing Committee with Jiang Zemin and Li Ruihuan.

02 National Defense Zhang Aiping 03 State Planning Commission Song Ping → Yao Yilin 04 State Economic Commission Zhang Jingfu → Lü Dong 05 State Commission for Restructuring Economy Zhao Ziyang → Li Tieying 06 State Science and Technology Commission Fang Yi → Song Jian 07 Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense Chen Bin [zh] → Ding Henggao 08 Ethnic Affairs Commission Yang Jingren → Ismail Amat 09 Public Security Liu Fuzhi → Ruan Chongwu → Wang Fang 010 State Security Ling Yun → Jia Chunwang 011 Civil Affairs Cui Naifu 012 Justice Zou Yu 013 Finance Wang Bingqian 014 Commerce Liu Yi [zh] 015 Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Chen Muhua → Zheng Tuobin 016 Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries He Kang 017 Ministry of Forestry Yang Zhong [zh] → Gao Dezhan 018 Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power Qian Zhengying 019 Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction and Environmental Protection Li Ximing → Rui Xingwen → Ye Rutang [zh] 020 Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources Sun Daguang → Zhu Xun [zh] 021 Ministry of Metallurgical Industry Li Dongye → Qi Yuanjing 022 Ministry of Machine-building Industry Zhou Jiannan 023 Ministry of Nuclear Industry Jiang Xinxiong 024 Ministry of Aeronautics Industry Mo Wenxiang 025 Ministry of Electronics Industry Jiang Zemin → Li Tieying 026 Ministry of Ordnance Industry Yu Yi [zh] → Zou Jiahua 027 Ministry of Aerospace Industry Zhang Jun [zh] → Li Xu'e [zh] 028 Ministry of Coal Industry Gao Yangwen [zh] → Yu Hong'en [zh] 029 Ministry of Petroleum Industry Tang Ke [zh] → Wang Tao 030 Ministry of Chemical Industry Qin Zhongda 031 Ministry of Textile Industry Wu Wenying 032 Ministry of Light Industry Yang Bo [zh] → Zeng Xianlin [zh] 033 Ministry of Railways Chen Puru → Ding Guangen 034 Transport Li Qing [zh] → Qian Yongchang 035 Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Wen Minsheng → Yang Taifang 036 Ministry of Labor and Personnel Zhao Shouyi → Zhao Dongwan 037 Ministry of Culture Zhu Muzhi → Wang Meng 038 Xinhua News Agency Mu Qing 039 Ministry of Radio, Film and Television Wu Lengxi [zh] → Ai Zhisheng 040 Education He Dongchang → Li Peng 041 Ministry of Health Cui Yueli [zh] → Chen Minzhang 042 State Physical Culture and Sports Commission Li Menghua 043 State Family Planning Commission Qian Xinzhong → Wang Wei [zh] → Peng Peiyun♀ 044 Central Bank Governor Lü Peijian → Chen Muhua 045 Auditor-General Yu Mingtao → Lü Peijian 046 Chinese Academy of Sciences Lu Jiaxi → Zhou Guangzhao This article about a Chinese politician is a stub.