Song Zhenming

Former Chinese Petroleum Industry Minister

Song Zhenming was a Petroleum Industry Minister in the People's Republic of China.[1]: xxii  He was among the second generation of PRC state energy sector leadership.[1]: 195 

Career

During the Cultural Revolution, Song was required to attend a May Seventh Cadre School.[1]: 154 

He was removed from office after the collapse of an oil rig in the Bohai sea which killed 72 oil workers in November 1979.[2] Song was accused of falsifying reports in a cover-up during the investigation into the accident.[3] Song wrote a self-criticism which was published in all major Chinese newspapers on August 26, 1980, and was removed from office that day.[1]: 199 

As General Manager of China Oil Development Corporation in 1985, Song was involved in the opening of large areas of the Chinese interior for oil exploration by foreign firms.[4]

Song's last wish was for his ashes to be spread around the first oil well at which he had worked.[1]: xxii 

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Hou, Li (2021). Building for Oil: Daqing and the Formation of the Chinese Socialist State. Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Asia Center. ISBN 978-0-674-26022-1.
  2. ^ Wang, Xiangwei (2004-01-13). "Gas firm's chief faces sack over toxic blast". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  3. ^ "China's Top Oil Official Is Accused of Cover-Up". The New York Times. 1980-08-25. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  4. ^ "China Opens More Onshore Areas To Foreign Exploration". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2023-05-25.