Song Xiuyan (Chinese: 宋秀岩; pinyin: Sòng Xiùyán, born October 1955 in Tianjin) is a politician in the People's Republic of China and was the 17th Governor of Qinghai province in the China.
Song's career was dominated by time in the Communist Youth League.
After a long career in the provincial government of Qinghai in Northwest China, she was elected as Governor of the province on January 23, 2005.
Following Gu Xiulian, who served as Governor of Jiangsu from 1983 to 1985.
[citation needed] Song is an alternate member of 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a full member of 17th and 18th Central Committees.