Wang Tao (politician)

Wang Tao
Wang Tao
王涛
General Manager of the China National Petroleum Corporation
	In office; 1989 – December 1996
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Zhou Yongkang
General Manager of the China Petrochemical Corporation
	In office; 1988–1989
Preceded by	Chen Jinhua
Succeeded by	Sheng Huaren
Minister of Petroleum Industry [zh]
	In office; June 1985 – April 1988
Premier	Zhao Ziyang; Li Peng
Preceded by	Tang Ke [zh]
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	November 1931 (age 92–93); Huaide County, Jilin, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Northeastern University; Jilin University; Sverdlovsk Mining Institute
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	王涛
Traditional Chinese	王濤
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wáng Tāo

Wang Tao (Chinese: 王涛; born November 1931) is a Chinese executive and politician who served as minister of petroleum industry [zh] from 1985 to 1988, general manager of the China Petrochemical Corporation from 1988 to 1989, and general manager of the China National Petroleum Corporation from 1989 to 1996.

He was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress.

Biography

Wang was born in Huaide County (now Gongzhuling), Jilin in November 1931, while his ancestral home in Laoting County, Hebei. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1948. In 1952, he was admitted to Northeast Institute of Technology (now Northeastern University) and then studied at Changchun Institute of Geology (now Jilin University). After studying Russian in Beijing Russian Special School for a year in 1954, he was sent to study at Sverdlovsk Mining Institute, where he received his vice-doctorate degree in 1963.^[1]

Starting in 1963, he successively served as an intern of the Exploration Office of Beijing Academy of Petroleum Sciences, intern of Daqing Oil Field Development Research Institute, director of the Exploration Office of Beijing Academy of Petroleum Sciences, deputy chief commander and chief geologist of Dagang Oil Field [zh], deputy director and chief geologist of Liaohe Petroleum Exploration Bureau, leader in charge of the Leading Group of the Pearl River Estuary Preparation Office of the South China Sea Petroleum Exploration Headquarters, and general manager of CNOOC South China Sea East Oil Company.

In June 1986, he was promoted to become minister of petroleum industry [zh], a position he held until April 1988. He was general manager of the China Petrochemical Corporation in 1988, but having held the position for only a year. In 1989, he became general manager of the China National Petroleum Corporation, a post he kept until December 1996.^[2]

In March 1998, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Sun Jingyan (孙晶岩), ed. (2005). 中国动脉 [Artery of China] (in Chinese). Beijing: People's Literature Publishing House. p. 29. ISBN 9787020049660.
^ 新疆通志: 石油工业志 [Annals of Xinjiang: Petroleum Industry] (in Chinese). Xinjiang: Volksverlag Xinjiang. 1999. pp. 47–49.
^ Editorial Committee, ed. (1999). 中华人民共和国年鉴 1998 [Yearbook of the People's Republic of China 1998] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Yearbook Society. p. 41. ISBN 7-80056-903-9.
^ Long De (龙德); Cai Xiang (蔡翔), eds. (2000). 中华人民共和国通鉴 [General Annals of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Shenyang: Liaoning People's Publishing House. p. 1832. ISBN 7-205-04473-1.

Government offices
Preceded by Tang Ke [zh]	Minister of Petroleum Industry [zh] 1985–1988	Succeeded by Position abolished
Business positions
Preceded by Chen Jinhua	General Manager of the China Petrochemical Corporation 1988–1989	Succeeded by Sheng Huaren
New title	General Manager of the China National Petroleum Corporation 1989–1996	Succeeded by Zhou Yongkang

[1] Sun Jingyan (孙晶岩), ed. (2005). 中国动脉 [Artery of China] (in Chinese). Beijing: People's Literature Publishing House. p. 29. ISBN 9787020049660.

[2] 新疆通志: 石油工业志 [Annals of Xinjiang: Petroleum Industry] (in Chinese). Xinjiang: Volksverlag Xinjiang. 1999. pp. 47–49.

[3] Editorial Committee, ed. (1999). 中华人民共和国年鉴 1998 [Yearbook of the People's Republic of China 1998] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Yearbook Society. p. 41. ISBN 7-80056-903-9.

[4] Long De (龙德); Cai Xiang (蔡翔), eds. (2000). 中华人民共和国通鉴 [General Annals of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Shenyang: Liaoning People's Publishing House. p. 1832. ISBN 7-205-04473-1.

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