宋欣橋係中國語言學者。佢喺北京大學中文系漢語專業畢業，之後做過中學老師。1976年至2003年，佢喺教育部、國家語言文字工作委員會做嘢。佢亦兼任香港中文大學普通話教育研究及發展中心榮譽專業顧問。
Song Xinqiao is a scholar of Chinese Chinese. He graduated from the Department of Chinese at Peking University with a major in Chinese and worked as a middle school teacher. From 1976 to 2003, he worked in the Ministry of Education and the State Language Commission. He is also an Honorary Professional Advisor of the Centre for Putonghua Education Research and Development at the University of Hong Kong, Chinese.