Wang Yilin
王宜林
Chairman of China National Petroleum Corporation
In office May 2015 – January 2020
Preceded by	Zhou Jiping
Succeeded by	Dai Houliang
Chairman of PetroChina
In office May 2015 – January 2020
Preceded by	Zhou Jiping
Succeeded by	Dai Houliang
Chairman of CNOOC Limited
In office April 2011 – April 2015
Preceded by	Fu Chengyu
Succeeded by	Yang Hua
Chairman of China National Offshore Oil Corporation
In office April 2011 – April 2015
Preceded by	Fu Chengyu
Succeeded by	Yang Hua
Personal details
Born	September 1956 (age 67) Ganyu County, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	China University of Petroleum

Wang Yilin (Chinese: 王宜林; pinyin: Wáng Yílín; born September 1956) is a Chinese business and oil magnate who was the chairman of the Board of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and the chairman of the Board of PetroChina.

Wang, as the country's most influential business leader, has accompanied Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping during many state visits, including to the UK, France, Kazakhstan, Russia, UAE etc.^[1][2][3][4]

In April 2011, Wang assumed the role of Chairman of China National Offshore Oil Corporation.

In November 2012, he was elected member of the CCP's 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.^[5]

Wang Yilin began to serve Chairman of CNPC in April 2015, and he started to hold a concurrent post as Chairman of PetroChina in June 2015. In July 2017, Wang Yiling, the Chairman of CNPC, serves as the head of the Chinese National Delegation to the World Petroleum Congress in Istanbul.

On March 13, Wang was elected co-chairman of the Economic Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (PCC 2018).

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