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)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.)
Yes No X
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registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- )
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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 changes of directors
and supervisors.
("PETROCHINA LOGO")
PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in
the People's Republic of China with limited liability)
(STOCK CODE: 857)
CHANGES OF DIRECTORS AND SUPERVISORS
The board of directors (the "BOARD") of PetroChina Company Limited (the
"COMPANY") announces that on 20 September 2005, Mr. Wang Fucheng resigned as a
director of the Company in order to take office as a supervisor of the Company.
Mr. Wang Fucheng confirms that he has no disagreement with the Board and there
is no matter relating to his resignation that needs to be brought to the
attention of the shareholders of the Company.
On 18 November 2005, the term of office of two directors, Mr. Ren Chuanjun and
Mr. Zou Haifeng, and the term of office of three supervisors, Mr. Li Kecheng,
Mr. Zhang Youcai and Mr. Sun Chongren, shall expire upon which these gentlemen
shall leave the Board and the supervisory committee of the Company (the
"SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE") accordingly.
The Company expresses its sincerest gratitude to Mr. Wang Fucheng, Mr. Ren
Chuanjun, Mr. Zou Haifeng, Mr. Li Kecheng, Mr. Zhang Youcai and Mr. Sun Chongren
for their contribution to the Company during their respective term of office.
At the extraordinary general meeting of the Company held on 8 November 2005, Mr.
Su Shulin, Mr. Gong Huazhang, Mr. Chee-Chen Tung and Mr. Liu Hongru were
re-elected as directors of the Company, Mr. Wang Yilin, Mr. Zeng Yukang and Mr.
Jiang Fan were elected as directors of the Company, Mr. Wen Qingshan and Mr. Wu
Zhipan were re-elected as supervisors of the Company and Mr. Wang Fucheng and
Mr. Li Yongwu were elected as supervisors of the Company.
Su Shulin, aged 43, is a Director and Senior Vice President of the Company. Mr.
Su graduated from Daqing Petroleum Institute and Harbin University of
Engineering. He has a Master's degree and is a senior engineer. He has many
years of experience in the Chinese oil and gas industry. Since 1996, Mr. Su has
worked as the Assistant Director of Daqing Petroleum Administration Bureau, and
the Department Head, Standing Deputy Director and Director of the First Oil and
Natural Gas Development Department. He was concurrently the Chairman and General
Manager of the Company's subsidiary Daqing Oilfield Company Limited. Mr. Su
ceased to act as the Chairman and the General Manager of Daqing Oilfield Company
Limited in December 2003. Mr. Su has been a Director of the Company since
November 2002, and has been Senior Vice President since 3 December 2002.
Gong Huazhang, aged 59, is a Director of the Company. Mr. Gong graduated from
the Yangzhou Business School and is a senior accountant. He has over 30 years of
working experience in the Chinese oil and gas industry. Mr. Gong worked as Chief
Accountant, Deputy Director and Director of the Finance Bureau of China National
Petroleum Corporation ("CNPC") from 1991. He was the Director of Finance and
Assets Department of CNPC in October 1998 and has been the General Accountant of
CNPC since February 1999. Mr. Gong has been a Director of the Company since 5
November 1999.
Chee-Chen Tung, aged 62, is an independent non-executive Director of the
Company. Mr. Tung is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Orient Overseas
(International) Limited and was educated at the
University of Liverpool, England, where he received his Bachelor of Science
degree. He later acquired a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States. He served as
Chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners' Association between 1993 and 1995. From
1999 to 2001, he was the Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.
He is an independent non-executive director of Hu Hangyong Expressway Company
Ltd., Chekiang First Bank, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Co Ltd., Global China Group
Holdings Ltd. and Wing Hang Bank; an independent non-managing director of Cathay
Pacific Airways; and a member of the Hong Kong Port Development Board. Mr. Tung
is also the Chairman of the Institute for Shipboard Education Foundation, the
Chairman of the Advisory Council and a member of the Board of Directors of the
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Director of the International Academic
Centre of the University of Pittsburgh, and a member of the Board of Visitors of
the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Mr. Tung has been
appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company since 5
November 1999.
Liu Hongru, aged 74, is an independent non-executive Director of the Company.
Mr. Liu graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Moscow in
1959 with an associate Doctorate's degree. He worked as Vice-Governor of the
Agricultural Bank of China, Vice-Governor of the People's Bank of China, Deputy
Director of the State Economic Restructuring Committee, and the Chairman of the
China Securities Regulatory Commission. Mr. Liu is currently a Deputy Director
of the Economics Committee under the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference and concurrently serves as Vice President of China Finance and
Banking Society, Vice President of the China National Debt Association and
President of the Shanghai Institute of Financial and Legal Studies. Mr. Liu is
also a professor at the Peking University, the Postgraduate School of the
People's Bank of China and the City University of Hong Kong. Mr. Liu was
appointed as an independent Supervisor of the Company in December 1999. Upon his
resignation from this post, he was appointed as an independent non-executive
Director of the Company on 19 November 2002.
Wang Yilin, aged 49, graduated from Huadong Petroleum Institute in 1982,
majoring in Petroleum Geological Exploration. In 2002, he completed his
Doctorate course in the specialized study of mineral survey and exploration and
obtained his Doctor's degree in engineering at the Petroleum University and is a
senior engineer. He has over 20 years of working experience in the Chinese oil
and gas industry. Mr. Wang had been the Deputy Director and Chief Exploration
Geologist of Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau since June 1999. He was
appointed as the General Manager of the Xinjiang Oilfield Branch of the Company
since September 1999. He had been the Senior Executive of Xinjiang Petroleum
Administration Bureau and the Xinjiang Oilfield Branch of the Company since June
2001. From July 2003 onwards, he was appointed as the Assistant of the General
Manager of CNPC, Senior Executive of Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau
and the Senior Executive of Xinjiang Oilfield Branch of the Company
concurrently. Since December 2003, he was appointed as the Deputy General
Manager of CNPC. From July 2004 onwards, he has been the Safety Director of
CNPC.
Zeng Yukang, aged 54, graduated from Hubei Geological Institute in 1974,
majoring in petroleum geology. He has over 30 years of working experience in the
Chinese oil and gas industry. Mr. Zeng had been the Senior Executive of the
Exploration and Development Institute of Daqing Petroleum Administration Bureau
since June 1996. From February 2000 onwards, he was appointed as the Standing
Deputy Director of Daqing Petroleum Administration Bureau. Since March 2001, he
was appointed as the Director of Daqing Petroleum Administration Bureau. Since
November 2002, he held the positions of Assistant to the General Manager of CNPC
and Director of Daqing Petroleum Administration Bureau concurrently. From
February 2005 onwards, he has been the Assistant to the General Manager of CNPC
and the Senior Executive of Daqing Petroleum Administration Bureau. From
September 2005 onwards, he has been the Deputy General Manager of CNPC.
Jiang Fan, aged 41, graduated from Dalian Technical Institute in 1985, majoring
in chemical engineering. In June 2003, he completed his master's degree in
administration science and engineering at the Petroleum University and obtained
his master's degree in management study. He has over 20 years of working
experience in the Chinese oil and gas industry. Mr. Jiang was appointed as the
Deputy Manager of Dalian Petrochemical Company since December 1996. Since
September 1999, he was appointed as the Deputy General Manager of Dalian
Petrochemical Company, and since February 2002, he became the General Manager of
Dalian Petrochemical Company.
Wang Fucheng, aged 55, is a senior economist. He graduated from the Shandong
Normal University. He has over 30 years of working experience in the Chinese oil
and gas industry. Mr. Wang has worked in the Shengli Oilfield, Zhongyuan
Oilfield and Liaohe Oilfield. From 1986 to June 2000, Mr. Wang worked as Senior
Executive of the Shengli Oilfield, Senior Executive of the Liaohe Oil
Exploration Bureau, Director of the Liaohe Oil Exploration Bureau and General
Manager of the Branch Office of Liaohe Oilfield. Mr. Wang was appointed as a
Director of the Company in June 2000 and was appointed as the Vice President of
the Company in July 2000. In December 2002, Mr. Wang was re-appointed as a
Director of the Company. Mr. Wang has resigned as a Director of the Company
prior to taking his office as a supervisor of the Company.
Wen Qingshan, aged 47, is a Supervisor of the Company. Mr. Wen is a senior
accountant and a graduate of the Jilin Yanbian University. He was the Deputy
Chief Accountant of the Finance and Assets Department of CNPC from November
1998, Deputy Director of the Finance and Assets Department of CNPC from May 1999
and Director of the Finance and Assets Department of CNPC from May 2002. He has
been a Supervisor of the Company since November 2002.
Li Yongwu, aged 61, graduated from Tsinghua University in 1968, majoring in
polymer studies. Mr. Li is a senior engineer. Since June 1991, Mr. Li was
appointed as the Director of Tianjin Chemicals Bureau. Since July 1993, he was
appointed as the Director of Tianjin Economic Committee. He became the Deputy
Director of the Chemical Industry Department since April 1995. He became
Director of the State's Petroleum and Chemical Industry Bureau since March 1998.
Since April 2001, he was appointed as a Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of
the Central Government at the Special Administrative Region of Macau. Since
December 2004, he was appointed as the Deputy President of China Petroleum and
Petrochemical Industry Association. Since May 2005, he became the President of
China Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry Association. In 2003, he was elected
as a standing member of the Tenth Chinese People's Consultative Conference.
Wu Zhipan, aged 48, is an independent Supervisor of the Company. Mr. Wu obtained
a Doctor of Laws degree from of the School of Law, Peking University in 1988,
and was a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School from 1991 to 1992. Mr. Wu is
currently the Vice-chancellor of the Peking University. He is also an expert
consultant of the Supreme People's Court of The PRC, an arbitrator of the
Arbitration Panel of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration
Commission and President of the China Economic Law Research Societies. Mr. Wu is
the author of a large number of legal publications and has extensive work
experience in the legal field. Mr. Wu has been an independent Supervisor of the
Company since December 1999.
None of Mr. Su Shulin, Mr. Gong Huazhang, Mr. Chee-Chen Tung, Mr. Liu Hongru,
Mr. Wang Yilin, Mr. Zeng Yukang, Mr. Jiang Fan, Mr. Wang Fucheng, Mr. Wen
Qingshan, Mr. Li Yongwu and Mr. Wu Zhipan has entered into any service contract
with the Company. The term of these new directors and supervisors is for a
period of three years commencing on 8 November 2005 and ending on 7 November
2008. As the date hereof, none of them has any interests in the shares of the
Company which is required to be disclosed under Part XV of the Securities and
Futures Ordinance. Save as disclosed herein, none of them has any relationship
with any directors, senior management or substantial or controlling shareholders
of the Company. The emoluments of the directors and supervisors are determined
by reference to their respective duty, responsibilities and performance and the
results of the Company and its subsidiaries. Since such references will only be
available to the Company upon the end of the Company's financial year, the
amount of the fees of each of the directors and supervisors can only be
determined at such later point in time. The Company will make disclosure of the
determined amounts of such emoluments in the annual report of the Company for
the financial year 2005.
By the order of the Board
PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED
LI HUAIQI
SECRETARY TO THE BOARDS
Beijing, the PRC, 8 November 2005
As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors comprises Mr. Chen
Geng as the Chairman, Mr. Jiang Jiemin as Vice Chairmen, Mr. Su Shulin and Mr.
Duan Wende as executive directors, Mr. Zheng Hu, Mr. Zhou Jiping, Mr. Wang
Yilin, Mr. Zeng Yukang, Mr. Gong Huazhang and Mr. Jiang Fan as non-executive
directors and Mr. Chee-Chen Tung, Mr. Liu Hongru and Mr. Franco Bernabe as
independent non-executive directors.
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 9, 2005 By: /s/ Li Huaiqi
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Name: Li Huaiqi
Title: Company Secretary