Mr. Liu Deshu was elected as President of Sinochem Corporation in March, 1998.

Prior to this position, Mr. Liu was Vice General Manager and later General Manager of China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation. With over 20 years of experience in foreign trade, machinery and petrochemical sectors, Mr. Liu has established himself as a great leader and has developed deep understaning of the trend and characteristics of the foreign trade business and of the business administration theories as well as practices.

Mr. Liu is a delegate of the 16th and 17th CPC National Congress as well as a delegate of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He is also a director of the International Academy of Management(IAM).

Mr. Liu holds a Bacholar's Degree from Tsinghua University majoring in Fine Instrument. He also received an EMBA degree from China Europe International Business School.