摘要
Dr. Hou Xianglin, China＇s famous oil refining and chemical expert, former vice minister of petroleum industry, academician of China＇s Academy of Sciences and academician of China＇s Engineering Academy, passed away in Beijing on December 8, 2008, Beijing time. In his early years, Dr. Hou Xianglin went to the United States to study chemistry. Dedicated to the oil refining and petrochemical industry all his life, Hou is one of the founders of China＇s oil refining and chemical technology. With a wide range of knowledge, he not only made remarkable achievements in his professional technological career but also paid close attention to China＇s international cooperation in the petroleum and petrochemical field. During his term as vice minister of petroleum industry, Hou made tenacious efforts for China＇s membership of World Petroleum Council. When China became a WPC member nation in 1979, Hou assumed the position as director of China National Committee of WPC, which he had held for 19 years. He committed himself to China＇s international exchange and cooperation in the petroleum and petrochemical field. When he was discharged from director of China National Committee of WPC, he has been honorary director of the committee.
