CNOOC Limited announced that Mr. Lin Boqiang has been appointed as an independent non- executive Director of the Company and a member of the strategy and sustainability committee of the Company with effect from 30 September 2022. Born in 1957, Mr. Lin has a Ph.D in economics from the University of California, United States of America. Mr. Lin was the economist (energy) of Asian Development Bank.

He is currently a "Changjiang Scholar" distinguished professor of School of Management of Xiamen University, dean of China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy and a doctoral tutor of Xiamen University. Mr. Lin is the chief editor of Energy Economics, an international energy economics journal. Meanwhile, Mr. Lin is a member of the National Energy Consultation Committee under the National Energy Commission, a member of the Energy Price Consultation Committee under the National Development and Reform Commission, a special economic analyst for China Xinhua News Agency, a special observer of China National Radio, and an executive member of the Energy Leader Committee of the World Economic Forum based in Davos.

Mr. Lin served as an independent non-executive director of China Oilfield Services Limited and PetroChina Company Limited, both of which are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, in the past three years. Mr. Lin was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company on 30 September 2022.