The previous president, Li Guohua, retired last March.
Lateral moves: China Unicom s new president, Chen Zhongyue, has moved over from China Telecom.
(Source: China Telecom)
Chen was also appointed deputy party secretary and board member, making him no. 2 in the company hierarchy behind Wang Xiaochu, who holds the posts of chairman, CEO and – most important – party secretary.
The China Unicom Group is the parent of China Unicom Hong Kong, a listed stock in Hong Kong.
Your face fits
Chen fits the profile of nearly all senior executives at China s state telcos.
They are overwhelmingly male, aged between late 40s and early 60s, with advanced engineering and management degrees, and have spent most or all their career in the telecom bureaucracy.