Hou Qijun is a professor level senior engineer with a doctor’s degree. He previously served as Director and Vice President of Daqing Oilfield Company; President and Deputy Party Secretary of CPC Committee of CNPC Jilin Oilfield Company; Party Secretary of CPC Committee and Vice President of PetroChina Natural Gas & Pipeline Company; Director General of Planning Department of both CNPC and PetroChina; Vice President of CNPC; Director and President of PetroChina; Director, President and Deputy Secretary of the Leading Party Member Group of China Oil & Gas Pipeline Network Corporation (PipeChina); Director, President and Deputy Secretary of the Leading Party Member Group of CNPC; Vice Chairman of PetroChina.