Song Chaohua

Song was born in Qionglai County (now Qionglai), Sichuan, in February 1962.^[1] In 1980, he enrolled at Wenjiang Normal School (now Xihua University), where he majored in Chinese language and literature.^[1]

After graduation in 1983, Song successively taught at Pujiang Daxing Middle School and Pujiang Teacher Training School.^[1] Song joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1983, and got involved in politics in February 1984, when he became an official in the Office of the Standing Committee of the Pujiang County People's Congress.^[1] In March 1985, he was transferred to the Organization Department of the CCP Chengdu Municipal Committee, and worked for eight years.^[1] In March 1993, he became executive deputy head of the Organization Department of the CCP Dayi County Committee, rising to head four months later. He served as magistrate of Dayi County from March 1997 to October 1997, and party secretary, the top political position in the county, from October 1997 to December 2002.^[1] He became party secretary of Xinjin County in December 2002, and served until August 2006.^[1] He was party secretary of Chenghua District in August 2006, in addition to serving as chairperson of the People's Congress.^[1]

Song served as executive vice mayor of Meishan in August 2008, and was later promoted to the mayor position in November 2011.^[1]

He became mayor of Nanchong in March 2016, and then party secretary, the top political position in the city, beginning in September 2016.^[1][2]