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- Song Ping died at 109.
- Beijing hosted a ceremony led by President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang, where leaders bowed before Song Ping's remains draped in the Party flag.
- Song Ping joined the Communist Party in 1937 and helped Deng Xiaoping's reforms after Mao Zedong.
- He retired in 1992 but remained active, appearing at a 2022 party meeting, and Hu Jintao sent condolences.
