Li Hualin (; born October 1962) is a Chinese oil and gas executive, and former deputy general manager of

China National Petroleum Corporation The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) () is a major national oil and gas corporation of China and one of the largest integrated energy groups in the world. Its headquarters are in Dongcheng District, Beijing, Dongcheng District, Beij ...

and

PetroChina PetroChina Company Limited () is a Chinese oil and gas company and is the listed arm of state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), headquartered in Dongcheng District, Beijing. The company is currently Asia's largest oil and ga ...

. Li has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry in China. He spent 25 years in state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation, having worked in the United States, Canada, and Kazakhstan. He also at one point served as

Zhou Yongkang Zhou Yongkang (; born December 3, 1942) is a former senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2007–2012) elected Zhou to be one of the nine members of the 17th Politburo ...

's secretary. In August 2013, Li came under investigation for corruption and was dismissed from his positions.

Career

Li was born in Tianmen, Hubei, with his

ancestral home An ancestral home is the place of origin of one's extended family, particularly the home owned and preserved by the same family for several generations. The term can refer to an individual house or estate, or to a broader geographic area such as a ...

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. In July 1983 he graduated from

Southwest Petroleum University Southwest Petroleum University (SWPU; ) is a provincial public university in Nanchong, Sichuan, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Sichuan, and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China, Sichuan Provincial Government, China Na ...

, majoring in geophysical prospecting. He earned his master of management degree from

China University of Petroleum The China University of Petroleum (East China) is a national public university located in Qingdao, Shandong, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, five major state energy corpora ...

in December 2002. After graduating from Southwest Petroleum University, he was assigned to the Ministry of Petroleum Industry of the People's Republic of China as an officer, he worked there until March 1987. Beginning in 1987, he served in several posts in

, including deputy director, secretary, and general manager. In 1988, while Li was sent to work in the United States, he escorted Zhou Bin (), son of

, to study in the United States. In July 2013, Li was promoted to become the deputy general manager of China National Petroleum Corporation and PetroChina Company Limited, he also served as the board chairman of Kunlun Energy Company Limited (). When he was the board chairman of Kunlun Energy Company Limited, he used his powers made hundreds of millions of RMB.

Downfall

On August 27, 2013, Li was being investigated by the

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest supervisory organ of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCDI is elected and supervised by the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, CCP National Congress. ...

of the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

for "serious violations of laws and regulations".

References

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