OREANDA-NEWS. March 31, 2014. CNPC Chairman Zhou Jiping met with Khalid A. Al-Falih, President and Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Aramco, in Beijing.

They exchanged views on issues of mutual concern and reached agreement on the working plan of the refinery project in Yunnan.

Mr. Zhou Jiping spoke highly of the cooperation progress made between the two sides, and expressed his willingness to promote bilateral strategic cooperation and put more joint efforts in technological R&D and personnel training. Mr. Khalid A. Al-Falih said that the cooperation between CNPC and Saudi Aramco has helped strengthen Saudi Arabia-China relations, and Saudi Aramco looks forward to seeing CNPC participate more in its oil and gas development and project biddings.

CNPC Vice President Shen Diancheng and CNPC Deputy Chief Economist Wang Lihua were present at the meeting.