(CFP)

Wang Yilin, Vice President of China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), China's largest oil and gas producer and supplier, was appointed board chairman of China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) on April 8, replacing his predecessor Fu Chengyu, who was appointed board chairman of China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec Group) on the same day.

Wang, 55, was born in east China's Jiangsu Province. He has a doctoral degree in petroleum engineering from China University of Petroleum and more than 30 years of work experience in China's petroleum and natural gas industry. Wang became deputy director and chief exploration geologist of Petroleum Administration Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in June 1996 and was appointed general manager of Xinjiang Oilfield Company in September 1999. He was assistant president of CNPC in June 2003 and vice president of CNPC from 2003 to 2011.