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Director and chairman, Sinopec Corporation; president, Sinopec Group

Nationality: Chinese.

Born: September 1948, in Huimin, Shandong, China.

Education: Northeastern Petroleum Institute, 1976, bachelor's degree in exploration and oil extracting engineering.

Career: Daqing Research Institute, 1969–1972, geologist; Zhejiang Science and Technology Commission, 1976–1983, staff member, deputy director; Zhenhai Petroleum and Petrochemical General Plant, 1983–1986, deputy party secretary, party secretary; Ningbo City, 1986–1989, acting deputy mayor; Zhejiang Province Planning and Economic Commission, 1989–1991, acting deputy director; Ningbo City,...