Wang Yupu (; October 1956 – 8 December 2020) was a Chinese politician and businessman, and a chairman of Sinopec, the world's second-biggest oil refiner.

Biography

Wang was born in

Xinmin, Liaoning The city of Xinmin () is a county-level city of Liaoning Province, Northeast China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shenyang. It contains the westernmost point of and is by far the most spacious of the county-level divisio ...

, and began his career in the Daqing Oil Field. In September 2017, Wang was appointed as the Director of the

State Administration of Work Safety The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS; ), reporting to the State Council, is the non-ministerial agency of the Government of the People's Republic of China responsible for the regulation of risks to occupational safety and health in China. ...

. He was appointed as the first Minister of Emergency Management in March 2018. Wang died of disease at age 64 on 8 December 2020.

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1956 births 2020 deaths Businesspeople in the oil industry Businesspeople from Shenyang Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Alternate members of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Politicians from Shenyang People's Republic of China politicians from Liaoning Chinese Communist Party politicians from Liaoning Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Government ministers of the People's Republic of China Petroleum engineers Engineers from Liaoning {{PRChina-business-bio-stub