Xianghong Cao, male, was born in June 1945, in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province. Mr. Cao is a professor-level senior engineer and an expert in petrochemical engineering field. He is now a senior advisor at Sinopec Science and Technology Committee, serves as director of Division of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in Chinese Academy of Engineering, vice president of Chinese Petroleum Society, vice president of China Energy Research Society, chairman of National Petroleum Products and Lubricants Standardization Technical Committee, and committee member of the Expert Committee of National Energy Administration.
    Mr. Cao graduated in polymer (major) from Nanjing College of Chemical Technology in July 1967. He had worked in Sinopec Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Company for 30 years, and engaged in technology development, production and technical management. After 2000, he served successively as general manager, director and senior vice president, and chief engineer in Sinopec Corp., in charge of technology development and informatization. Since the year of 2008 he left the leadership position but remained as a senior advisor of Sinopec.
    Mr. Cao has been engaged in petrochemical production and management for many years. He participated and organized more than 30 major refinery and petrochemical modification and expansion projects. He organized the upgrading of cis-polybutadiene rubber technology, the development of the whole set of SSBR technology, and the development of polymer grade iso-butene technology and butyl rubber technology. Mr. Cao was a key decision-maker and organizer in SINOPEC Yanshan Petrochemical in the revamping project of ethylene expansion, downstream technology development and localization of major equipment with China own technology. He proposed and organized the development of new oil refining technology about residuum catalytic cracking to produce ethylene feedstock. Under his leadership, the number of patent application and authorization of Sinopec, and the number of national awards for scientific invention and technological progress are on the top position among Chinese companies, and the core competence of Sinopec was significantly improved. He has made important contributions to the refining and petrochemical technology innovation. Mr. Cao won one grand prize, one first-grade prize, one second-grade prize, and two third-grade prizes of national scientific and technological progress award, and had nine scientific and technological progress awards at provincial and ministerial levels.
    Mr. Cao was elected as member of Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1999 and elected as foreign member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA, in February 2009. He is a member of the 11th and 12th CPPCC National Committee.