Petrochina Co Ltd · 6-K · For 5/16/08

Filed On 5/16/08 6:40am ET   ·   SEC File 1-15006   ·   Accession Number 1145549-8-895

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
 THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 For the month of May 2008

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

 16 Andelu, Dongcheng District
 Beijing, The People's Republic of China, 100011
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

  (Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)                                 

Form 20-F X Form 40-F                                                 
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(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the      
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of  
1934.)                                                                          

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(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the   
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-       )                       
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     PetroChina Company Limited (the "Registrant") is furnishing under the cover
of Form 6-K the Registrant's announcement with respect to its change of         
directors and supervisors, and the demise of a director.                        

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 SIGNATURE

  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this announcement to be signed on its behalf by the  
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.                                         

                                                      PetroChina Company Limited

Dated: May 16, 2008                                By:        /s/ Li Huaiqi     
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                                         Name:     Li Huaiqi
                                                 Title:    Company Secretary

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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited takes no responsibility for the contents
of this announcement, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness
and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising 
from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this          
announcement.                                                                   

 (PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED COMPANY LOGO)
(CHINESE CHARACTERS)
PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED
(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the
People's Republic of China with limited liability)
 (STOCK CODE: 857)

ANNOUNCEMENT
DEMISE OF DIRECTOR
 CHANGE OF DIRECTORS AND SUPERVISORS

     Reference is made to the circular and supplemental notice of annual general
meeting issued by PetroChina Company Limited (the "Company") dated 28 March 2008
and 17 April 2008 respectively in relation to, among other things, the          
re-election and appointment of directors (the "Directors") and supervisors (the 
"Supervisors") of the Company.                                                  

     The board of directors (the "Board of Directors") of the Company regrets to
announce that Mr Duan Wende, an executive Director of the Company, passed away  
on 14 May 2008 due to illness. Mr Duan had made important contribution to the   
Company during his tenure. The Board would like to take this opportunity to     
express its deepest sorrow to the departure of Mr Duan and convey its           
condolences to his family.                                                      

The Board of Directors further announces that Mr Zheng Hu and Mr Gong 
Huazhang, both the Directors of the Company, and Mr Zhang Jinzhu, Supervisor of 
the Company, retired from their office as Director and Supervisor respectively  
with effect from 15 May 2008. Each of Mr Zheng, Mr Gong and Mr Zhang confirmed  
that he has no disagreement with the Board of Directors and the Company and     
there is no other matter in relation to their retirement that needs to be       
brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company. The Board of       
Directors expresses its sincere gratitude to Mr Zheng, Mr Gong and Mr Zhang for 
their contribution to the Company during their term of office.                  

   At the Annual General Meeting of the Company for the year 2007 held on 15
May 2008, Mr Jiang Jiemin, Mr Zhou Jiping, Mr Wang Yilin, Mr Zeng Yukang, Mr    
Wang Fucheng, Mr Li Xinhua, Mr Liao Yongyuan, Mr Wang Guoliang, Mr Jiang Fan, Mr
Chee-Chen Tung, Mr Liu Hongru, Mr Franco Bernabe, Mr Li Yongwu and Mr Cui Junhui
were re-elected and elected as Directors and Mr Chen Ming, Mr Wen Qingshan, Mr  
Sun Xianfeng, Mr Yu Yibo, Mr Wu Zhipan and Mr Li Yuan were re-elected and       
elected as Supervisors respectively.                                            

Please refer to the circular and supplemental notice of annual general
meeting issued by the Company dated 28 March 2008 and 17 April 2008 respectively
for the biographical details and other information to be disclosed pursuant to  

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the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Limited in relation to the appointment of Mr Jiang Jiemin, Mr Zhou Jiping, Mr   
Wang Yilin, Mr Zeng Yukang, Mr Wang Fucheng, Mr Li Xinhua, Mr Liao Yongyuan, Mr 
Wang Guoliang, Mr Jiang Fan, Mr Chee-Chen Tung, Mr Liu Hongru, Mr Franco        
Bernabe, Mr Li Yongwu, Mr Cui Junhui, Mr Chen Ming, Mr Wen Qingshan, Mr Sun     
Xianfeng, Mr Yu Yibo, Mr Wu Zhipan and Mr Li Yuan.                              

  The Board of Directors further announces that Mr Wang Yawei, Mr Qin Gang
and Ms Wang Shali were elected by employees of the Company on 15 May 2008 as the
employee representative Supervisors at the Fourth Session of the Supervisory    
Committee.                                                                      

 The above-mentioned employee representative Supervisors shall, together
with the six Supervisors elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Company   
for the year 2007 held on 15 May 2008, constitute the Fourth Session of the     
Supervisory Committee. The biographical details of these employee representative
Supervisors are as follows:                                                     

WANG YAWEI, aged 53, is the Chairman of the Labour Union of Daqing Oil
Field Co. Ltd. Mr Wang is a professor-level senior engineer and graduated as a  
master in petroleum and natural gas engineering from Daqing Petroleum Institute 
in July 2001. Mr Wang worked as the Deputy Manager of No.3 Drilling Company of  
Daqing Petroleum Administrative Bureau, the Secretary of the Party Committee in 
Daqing Energy Development Company, the Assistant to the Director-General (and   
concurrently the General Manager of Drilling Technology Service Company), the   
Deputy Director-General, the Chairman of the Labour Union and the Standing      
Committee Member of the Party Committee of Daqing Petroleum Administrative      
Bureau.                                                                         

QIN GANG, aged 54, is an employee representative of the Company's     
Supervisory Committee and a Senior Executive of PetroChina West-East Gas        
Pipeline Company. Mr Qin is a senior engineer and has nearly 35 years of working
experience in China's oil and gas industry. Mr Qin has acted as a Deputy        
Commander of Tarim Petroleum Exploration and Development Headquarters since     
November 1997 and a Deputy General Manager of PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Company 
since September 1999. From June 2000, Mr Qin worked as the Senior Executive of  
Tarim Southwest Company concurrently. Since July 2002, Mr Qin has worked as an  
Executive and the Chairman of Labour Union of PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Company.
Mr Qin became the Senior Executive and the Chairman of the Labour Union of      
PetroChina West-East Gas Pipeline Company since June 2007. Mr Qin was appointed 
as a Supervisor of the Company in November 2005.                                

 WANG SHALI, aged 53, is a Senior Deputy General Manager and the General
Counsel of CNPC Exploration and Development Company Limited. Ms Wang is a       
professor-level senior economist. She received her bachelor's degree in English 
language and literature at the Zhengzhou University in August 1977 and her LL.M.
degree at Southern Methodist University, USA in June 1987. Ms Wang has been the 
Chief Economist, Deputy General Manager (concurrently the Chief Economist) and  
Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission in CNPC Exploration and       
Development Company Limited, the Standing Deputy General Manager of PetroChina  
International (Nile) Co. Ltd. and Director-General of the Coordination and      
Management Team of Construction Projects in Sudan.                              

Each of Mr Wang Yawei, Mr Qin Gang and Ms Wang Shali does not hold any
directorship in other public listed companies in Hong Kong in the past three    
years.                                                                          

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Each of Mr Wang Yawei, Mr Qin Gang and Ms Wang Shali does not have any
relationship with any other directors, supervisors, senior management or        
substantial shareholders or controlling shareholder of the Company. As at the   
date of this announcement, each of them does not have any interest in the shares
of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures      
Ordinance.                                                                      

     In relation to the election of Mr Wang Yawei, Mr Qin Gang and Ms Wang Shali
as the employee representative Supervisors, there is no information to be       
disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of the provisions under paragraphs
13.51(2)(h) to 13.51(2)(v) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on  
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited nor are there any other matters that    
need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.         

                                                     By Order of the Board

                                                      PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED
                                                     LI HUAIQI
                                                      Secretary to the Board
Beijing, the PRC                                                                
15 May 2008                                                                     

As at the date of this announcement, the Board of Directors comprises Mr Jiang  
Jiemin as the Chairman; Mr Zhou Jiping, Mr Wang Yilin, Mr Zeng Yukang, Mr Wang  
Fucheng, Mr Li Xinhua, Mr Liao Yongyuan, Mr Wang Guoliang, Mr Jiang Fan as      
Directors; and Mr Chee-Chen Tung, Mr Liu Hongru, Mr Franco Bernabe, Mr Li Yongwu
and Mr Cui Junhui as independent non-executive Directors.                       

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