PetroChina Company Limited (PCCYF) 7 May 222022 Q1 Earnings call transcript

[Foreign Language] Dear investors, shareholders, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. I am Hou Qijun from Board Office of PetroChina. On behalf of the company I would like to give a warm welcome to all of you attending the Q1 Results Announcement of 2022. On April 29, we held the meeting of the Board of Directors and Supervisors and elected the candidates of Board Directors and Supervisors and also hired Chief Geology, also issued the reporting of our Q1 results of 2022. Today regarding our Q1 performance and key questions we have entered the market, we are going to have an online communication with analysts and fund managers on many fronts. call Executive conference Mr. and the attending are Director our President Today Executive Senior Company, of President, Fangzheng; the Vice Director Mr. Li Mr. Xin; Secretary, CFO and Board Shouping; Chai Mr. our Mr. Lv Department; [indiscernible] Bo, Finance and Management of Jiang Director our Department; and Production Lifu, Mr. General and Deputy Operation Houliang, as we our the board well Department, department, as relevant also management operation Spending have production the the Deputy and of from department, Department; General finance Director International colleagues international office. department have will Language] first on our we [Foreign agenda. item our Now and Director The President, Mr. Executive opening remarks. some Fangzheng, would give like to

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