Hu Guangjie

Born in July 1973 in Jingtai County, Gansu Province, Hu graduated from the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Chengdu Institute of Technology in 1997. He later obtained a master's degree in engineering from the China University of Petroleum (East China) while working.^[2]

Hu began his career at the Northwest Petroleum Bureau of Sinopec, where he rose through the ranks over two decades, eventually becoming general manager of Sinopec Northwest Oilfield Company and executive deputy director of the bureau. In 2020, he joined the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) as deputy general manager and concurrently served as president of CNOOC Limited.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2021, Hu entered politics in Jiangsu, first serving as a member of the provincial government's Party group. He was appointed vice governor in May 2021 and held the post until April 2024, when he was promoted to his current roles.^[3][4]

He is a delegate to the 14th National People's Congress, a member of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and has served as a delegate to the 13th and 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.^[5]