Song was born in
Harbin,
Heilongjiang, in April 1963, while his
ancestral home in
Penglai County,
Shandong. In 1982, he was accepted to
Harbin Normal University, majoring in
mathematics. After graduation, he taught at Harbin No. 14 High School. Song joined the
Chinese Communist Party in June 1984, and got involved in politics in March 1986, when he was assigned to the local branch of the
Communist Youth League of China. In November 2002, he eventually rose to become secretary of Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, the top political position in the organization. In June 2005, he became deputy secretary-general of Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government, but having held the position for only four months. In November 2005, he was transferred to
Daxing'anling Prefecture and appointed governor, concurrently serving as party secretary since February 2008. In February 2010, he was appointed director of Heilongjiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission, concurrently holding the party branch secretary position. In December 2011, he became vice mayor of the capital
Harbin, rising to mayor in January 2012. In January 2018, he took office as vice chairman of
Heilongjiang People's Congress, concurrently serving as president of
Heilongjiang Federation of Trade Unions since August 2019. ==Downfall==