Gasoline consumption is expected to pick up while jet fuel demand may take longer to recover, Chen Hongbing, deputy general manager at Rongsheng Petrochemical told a forum at the 38th Annual Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC).

Diesel demand at the world's top crude importer and No. 2 oil consumer has been robust this year, leading to low inventories, said the executive from China's largest private refiner by capacity.

(Reporting by Chen Aizhu, Muyu Xu, Emily Chow and Florence Tan; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)