China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation announced that Mr. Guo Xusheng has been appointed as the Chief Geologist of Sinopec Corp. with a term commencing from the date of approval by the Board to the date when the term of the eighth session of the Board expires. The biography of Mr. Guo is as follows: Guo Xusheng, aged 58.

Mr. Guo is a professor level senior engineer with a doctor's degree and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. In September 2014, he was appointed as General Manager and Member of CPC Committee of Sinopec Exploration Company; in June 2016, he was appointed as General Manager and Deputy Party Secretary of CPC Committee of Sinopec Exploration Company; in November 2020, he was appointed as Deputy Chief Geologist of Sinopec Corp.; in July 2022, he was appointed as Deputy Chief Geologist of Sinopec Corp., Dean and Deputy Party Secretary of CPC Committee of Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, and Executive Director and General Manager of Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute Co. Ltd.