Mr. Li has taken the role as Chairman of the Board of Sinochem Holdings Corporation Ltd. since August, 2022.
Li Fanrong has extensive working experience in petrochemical industry. Prior to his current posts, Li Fanrong served as Board Director and President of China National Petroleum Corporation, concurrently as Vice Chairman of PetroChina Company Limited; Deputy Director General of National Energy Administration; Vice President of China National Offshore Oil Corporation, concurrently as CEO &President of CNOOC Ltd., Chairman of CNOOC South East Asia Co., Ltd, Nexen Energy ULC, and CNOOC International Co., Ltd etc.
He graduated from the Jianghan Petroleum Institute (currently Yangtze University) majoring in Petroleum Production Engineering, and obtained MBA from Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. He is a senior professorate engineer.