Song Jian

Song Jian
宋健
Song jian 1989
State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China
In office 1986–1998
Premier	Zhao Ziyang→Li Peng
Director of the State Science and Technology Commission
In office 1985–1998
Preceded by	Fang Yi
Succeeded by	Zhu Lilan
President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
In office 1998–2002
Preceded by	Zhu Guangya
Succeeded by	Xu Kuangdi
Personal details
Born	(1931-12-29) 29 December 1931 (age 92) Rongcheng, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Harbin Institute of Technology, Beijing Foreign Language Institute, Moscow State University, Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Song Jian (Chinese: 宋健; Wade–Giles: Sung Chien; born 29 December 1931) is a Chinese aerospace engineer, demographer, and politician. He was deputy chief designer of China's submarine-launched ballistic missile (JL-1) and one of the country's leading scientists in the post-Cultural Revolution era. After a decade of two-child restrictions in the 1970s, and following the Chinese government's announcement in 1979 to advocate for one child per family, he became a leading advocate for rapid implementation and broad coverage of China's one-child policy.^[1][2][3][4] He served in high-ranking political positions including Vice Minister of Aerospace Industry, Director of the State Science and Technology Commission (1985–1998), vice-premier-level State Councillor (1986–1998), President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.