Oil industry veteran Zhao Dong brings financial and overseas business skills to the position

The agreement with CNPC will allow the export of up to 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year via a far eastern pipeline

Units of ENN Natural Gas and Zhejiang Energy ink pacts to buy gas from Russian natural gas producer Novatek’s arctic project

State-owned power giants ramp up clean energy investment; Audi’s China electric car plan reportedly delayed; Ganfeng makes first payment in Mali lithium project

Hebei to stagger steel output to cut production; CNOOC aims to raise $5.49 billion in share sale; CATL to invest in Yongtai Technology shares

Ling Xiao is under investigation for alleged violations of law and Communist Party discipline

Country’s three energy majors are rushing to formulate and roll out new strategies following last year’s creation of PipeChina

China has achieved the goal of building a moderately prosperous society, President Xi says. Didi closes its U.S. trading debut up 1%

China raises refined oil prices for the ninth time this year; Baihetan Hydropower Station puts first two units into operation; China completes Asia’s largest onshore shale oil platform

Subsidiary Syngenta remains the wildcard in the deal as it has signaled plans to IPO in mid-2022 in a move that could relieve debt pressures accumulated during its $43 billion 2016 acquisition

A 30% jump in gas prices also fueled strong first-quarter earnings as China emerges from Covid-19 shock

Environment ministry issues plan for emission quotas, CBIRC looks into ways improve green finance and Sinopec announces it will beat nationwide target date for peak emissions

China’s legislature votes to ensure Hong Kong is governed by “patriots." Top Chinese and U.S. officials will meet in Alaska next week

Bidding for 15,000 tons results in prices in line with world benchmarks as industry moves to introduce market pricing to a previously quota-driven system

China fines group-buying platforms for “deceptive pricing.” The country remains the top filer of international patents

Tang Xin, a senior official of CNPC’s Changqing field with wads of cash at home, joins an 8-year parade of workers and managers investigated for corruption

Shen Diancheng joins a parade of state-owned oil giant officials to be investigated in a series of corruption scandals since 2013

Top officials see growth for the full year as China’s economy rebounds from the pandemic; Alibaba buys into Dufry; Cathy Pacific idles 5,300

Li Xiaofei, with a history of mental illness, said in a message he killed his former boss Zhang Yuxiang before jumping off a building in Xi’an

Retired Communist Party official from Shanxi gas subsidiary and chief engineer in Shaanxi under scrutiny