Primary Job Title Board of Directors Primary Organization 
CNOOC
Location Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC), Australasia Gender Male
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Born in September 1956, Mr. Wang Yilin graduated from China University of Petroleum with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Geology and Exploration in 1982.
He also received a Doctorate degree in Mineral Prospecting and Exploration from China University of Petroleum in 2002. Mr. Wang started his career in 1982, and had
served as Vice Director and Director of Exploration and Development Research Center of Xinjiang Petroleum Administration, Vice Director, Chief Exploration Geologist and Vice Party Secretary of Xinjiang Petroleum Administration, and General Manager and Party Secretary of Xinjiang Oilfield Company of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). He successively assumed the positions of Party Secretary of Xinjiang Petroleum Administration, Director and Party Secretary of Karamay Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee, First Party Secretary of Karamay Military Sub-district, and Assistant President of CNPC. In December 2003, he became a Vice President and a Party Leadership Group Member of CNPC. Mr. Wang assumed Chairman and Party Leadership Group Secretary of CNOOC in April 2011.
