Age: 53

Birthplace: Fenghua, Zhejiang, China

Company Name: Sinochem Corporation ( 中国中化集团公司 )

Ownership Type: State-owned

Industry: Energy and utilities

Rank (ranked by the total sales revenue in 2004): 8

Headquarters' Location (Zip code): No. A2 Sinochem Tower , FuXingMenWai Street , Beijing , China ( 中国北京复兴门外大街 A2 号中化大厦 (100045) )

Telephone: 86-10-88079538

Fax: 86-10-88078890

Total Revenue (2004): RMB 168.687 billion

Number of Employees (2004): 11,781

Net Profit (2004): US $ 0.23 billion

Registered Capital: RMB 3 billion

Total Asset (2004): RMB 42.9 billion

Total Issued Shares: NA

Company website: www.sinochem.com

Prior to serving as President of Sinochem since March 1998, Mr. Liu Deshu worked as the vice General Manager and later General Manager of China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation. Mr. Liu has over 20 years of experiences of working in the foreign trade, machinery and petrochemical sectors. He has developed rich business management expertise and strong business leadership and deep understanding of the development trends and characteristics of the foreign trade business, business administration theory and practices.

Graduating from the Fine Instrument Department of Tsinghua University, Mr. Liu received EMBA from China Europe International Business School. Now Mr. Liu is a member of the 10 th CPPCC and the director of the International Academy of Management(IAM).