Chai Songyue, male, Han nationality, is a native of Putuo District of Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province. He was born in 1941, entered the work force in 1958, and joined the CPC at age 20 in 1961, and for the next 27 years had managerial and Party positions in a power plant and a coal mine and was deputy secretary of the CPC Commission for Discipline Inspection in his home province.
In 1988, he was appointed vice-governor of Zhejiang Province, in 1997 acting governor, and from 1998 to 2002 Chai had been governor of the province.
Chai served as Chairman of the China Electricity Regulatory Commission from 2003 to 2007. He was a member of the 15th, 16th CPC Central Committee.