Three magnetic components have been isolated in Ordovician formations of the Yangtze Paraplatform (South China Block). Two of these (Daqing A and Hongshiya B components) yield paleopoles that conform to the Carboniferous to Triassic segment of the apparent polar wander path for South China, and are therefore interpreted as remagnetizations. The third component (declination/inclination=301¿/+66¿, N=5 sites, k=21.4, &agr;95=17¿) passes the fold test and is interpreted as primary (late Early Ordovician). The paleopole, at 39¿S, 236¿E, and the paleolatitude of 48¿S support an Ordovician position of South China adjacent to Gondwana. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1990