Graduated from York Business School in Toronto, Canada, with MBA, and MD degrees.

The new secretary general of the Singing Work Committee

The Beijing Times reported on Feb. 15 that yesterday, a new session of the China Audio Association's Recording Work Committee was held in Beijing, with top executives from Haidie, Warner, Huayi, Rolling Stone and other record labels taking part in the election process. Song Ke, the former CEO of Taihe Maitian, has joined the catering industry, but he was still recognized by his former comrades, and was eventually reelected as vice chairman of the singing committee.

Last year, copyright in China's music industry generated more than 30 billion yuan, but many mainland music companies, as the manufacturing owners of copyright and content, ended up with less than 2 percent of the revenue. Earlier this year, Song Ke announced his resignation as CEO of Taihe Maitian and turned to selling roast duck. This move once attracted heated debates inside and outside the music industry, and some people lamented Song Ke's statement that "the record is dead". Some also argued that under the crackdown on piracy and illegal Internet downloads, records have struggled as a vehicle for music, but good work still pays off, and record labels can try to make a profit beyond physical record sales.

Song Ke said yesterday, "I've been thinking a lot about this. Records are not the same as the music industry, and we can't take the medium will die as a reason to downplay the whole industry. But we must increase the protection of copyright, otherwise the new generation of musicians still have to go to sell roast duck." On that day, Lu Jian, president of Sea Butterfly Music, was elected the new secretary-general of the Singing Committee, Zang Yanbin, vice president of Shanghai Xinhui Culture and Entertainment Group, was elected chairman of the board of directors, and Song Ke, along with Shen Yongge and Xu Xiaofeng, was elected vice chairman of the board of directors. Song Ke said that although he has changed careers, but is happy to continue to do something for the music industry.