SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of November 2005
PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED
16 ANDELU, DONGCHENG DISTRICT
BEIJING, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 100011
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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PetroChina Company Limited (the "Registrant") is furnishing under the
cover of Form 6-K the Registrant's announcement with respect to its new
appointments made by the board of directors and the supervisory committee.
(PETROCHINA COMPANY LOGO)
(CHINESE CHARACTERS)
PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's
Republic of China with limited liability)
(H Share Stock Code: 0857)
(ADS Stock Symbol: PTR)
New Appointments made by the Board of Directors and Supervisory Committee
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The Company announces the following new appointments made by the board of
directors and the supervisory committee.
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The board of directors (the "Board") of PetroChina Company Limited ("the
Company") is pleased to announce that in accordance with the articles of
association of the Company, the following new appointments have been made by the
Board with effect from 28 November 2005:
1. the appointment of Mr Su Shulin and Mr Duan Wende as Senior Vice
Presidents;
2. the appointment of Mr Wang Guoliang as the Chief Financial Officer;
3. the appointment of Mr Liao Yongyuan, Mr Jia Chengzao and Mr Hu Wenrui as
Vice Presidents.
The Board is also pleased to announce that Mr Wang Fucheng was elected as the
chairman of the Supervisory Committee of the Company with effect from 8 November
2005.
The biographies of Mr Su Shulin and Mr Wang Fucheng have been published in a
previous announcement dated 8 November 2005.
Mr Duan Wende, aged 54, is a Director and Vice President of the Company. He is a
senior engineer and he graduated from the Nankai University and studied
Economics Management in its Faculty of Economics Management. He also attended
the distance learning programme of the Central Party School and majored in
Economics. He also pursued master degree courses in the Postgraduate School of
the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Investment Economics. He has more than
30 years' working experience in China's oil and gas industry. From April 1975 to
June 1999, Mr Duan was the Deputy Factory Manager of Fushun No. 628 Factory and
of the Chemical Fibres Factory, the Commander of the Fushun Ethylene Project
Command Division, Deputy Factory Manager of the Ethylene Factory, Factory
Manager of the Acrylic Fibres Factory and of the Detergent Factory, and
eventually Deputy Manager of Fushun Petrochemical Corporation. He became the
Manager of Fushun Petrochemical Corporation in May 1999. Then, he became the
General Manager of CNPC Fushun Petrochemical Corporation in October 1999,
Assistant to General Manager of China National Petroleum Corporation ("CNPC") in
August 2001, Vice President of the Company since March 2002, Deputy General
Manager of CNPC in December 2003, and a Director and Vice President of the
Company since May 2004.
Mr Wang Guoliang, aged 53, is Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr Wang, a
master's degree holder and a senior accountant, graduated from Heilongjiang
Business College and Hebei University and has more than 20 years' working
experience in China's oil and gas industry. He was Vice President of China
National Petroleum Finance Co., Ltd. from 1995 to 1997 and Deputy General
Manager and General Accountant of China National Oil and Gas Exploration and
Development Corporation from 1998 to 1999. He has been the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company since 5 November 1999. He was also General Manager,
Finance
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Department of the Company from November 1999 to March 2002.
Mr Liao Yongyuan, aged 43, is the Assistant to General Manager, CNPC and also
Head of Coordination Team for Oil Enterprises in Sichuan and Chongqing and
Director, Sichuan Petroleum Administration. Mr Liao, a master's degree holder
and a senior engineer by profession, graduated from the Well Drilling
Engineering Faculty of Jianghan Oil Institute as an undergraduate in 1982 and
from the Management Sciences and Engineering Faculty of the University of
Petroleum (East China) with a master's degree in 2001 and has more than 20
years' working experience in China's oil and gas sector. He was Deputy General
Engineer for Shengli Oilfield and concurrently Manager of No. 1 Well Drilling
Company, and then Deputy General Engineer for Shengli Oilfield and concurrently
a core leader of Tarim-Shengli Well Drilling Company from 1993 to 1995. He was
Deputy Director, the New Zone Exploration and Development Department of China
National Petroleum and Gas Corporation from June to November 1996, the Standing
Deputy Commander and then Commander of Tarim Petroleum Exploration and
Development Headquarters from November 1996 to September 1999. He was General
Manager of CNPC Tarim Oilfield Branch Company from September 1999 to October
2001, and also Deputy Director of Gansu Provincial Economic and Trade Committee
from October 2001 to January 2004. He has worked as the Assistant to General
Manager of CNPC since January 2004 and has been concurrently the Head of
Coordination Team for Oil Enterprises in Sichuan and Chongqing and Director,
Sichuan Petroleum Administration since April 2004.
Mr Jia Chengzao, aged 57, is the Chief Geologist of the Company. Mr Jia is a
doctorate degree holder, a senior engineer and a fellow of the Chinese Academy
of Sciences. He graduated from Nanjing University and has over 25 years' working
experience in the oil and geological industry of China. From 1994, Mr Jia has
worked as the Deputy Chief Geologist, Chief Geologist and Deputy Commander of
the Tarim Oil Exploration and Exploitation Headquarters. From 1998, he was also
a Deputy Director of the Oil Exploration and Exploitation Research Institute of
CNPC. From 1999, Mr Jia worked as the Deputy General Manager of CNPC Tarim
Oilfield Company and the Vice President of the China Oil Exploration and
Exploitation Research Institute. He has been the Chief Geologist of the Company
from July 2000. Mr Jia also served as the President of the China Oil Exploration
and Exploitation Research Institute since 16 December 2002.
Mr Hu Wenrui, aged 56, is General Manager of the Company's Exploration and
Production Branch. Mr Hu is a senior engineer, and has over 30 years' working
experience in China's oil and gas industry. From 1984 to 1989, Mr Hu was Manager
of Changqing Oilfield No. 2 Oil Extraction Plant, and since April 1989, he was
Deputy Director, Standing Deputy Director and eventually Director of Changqing
Petroleum Exploration Bureau. From September 1999 to December 2002, he was the
General Manager of CNPC Changqing Oilfield Branch Company. He has been General
Manager of the Company's Exploration and Production Branch since December 2002.
As at the date of this announcement, the members of the Board includes: Mr Chen
Geng, the Chairman; Mr Jiang Jiemin, the Vice Chairman; Executive Directors,
Messrs Su Shulin and Duan Wende; Non-executive Directors, Messrs Zheng Hu, Zhou
Jiping, Wang Yilin, Zeng Yukang, Gong Huazhang and Jiang Fan; and Independent
Non-executive Directors, Messrs Chee-Chen Tung, Liu Hongru and Franco Bernabe.
By Order of the Board
LI HUAIQI
Secretary to the Board
Beijing
The People's Republic of China
28 November 2005
Please also refer to the published version of this announcement in the SOUTH
CHINA MORNING POST.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
PetroChina Company Limited
Dated: November 29, 2005 By: /s/ Li Huaiqi
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Name: Li Huaiqi
Title: Company Secretary