| Office1: | President of the China Petrochemical Corporation | ||||||
| Term Start1: | November 2021 | ||||||
| Term End1: | April 2024 | ||||||
| Successor1: | Zhao Dong | ||||||
| Yu Baocai | |||||||
| Native Name: | 喻宝才 | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Ningxiang County, Hunan, China | ||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | Harbin Institute of Technology | ||||||
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Yu Baocai (; born January 1965) is a Chinese executive who served as president of the China Petrochemical Corporation between 2021 and 2024.
Yu was born in Ningxiang County (now Ningxiang), Hunan, in January 1965.[1] In 1987, he graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology, where he majored in political economics.[1]
After University in 1987, Yu was assigned to the Daqing Petrochemical Plant.[1] There, he was in turn a technician, an assistant engineer, a deputy director, deputy factory director of the Chemical Fiber Plant, factory director of the Acrylic Factory, and finally deputy general manager and deputy party secretary.[1]
In September 2003, Yu was transferred to the Lanzhou Petrochemical Company and appointed deputy party secretary and general manager.[1]
Yu was deputy general manager of the China National Petroleum Corporation in September 2008 and became a director in May 2011.[1]
Yu was chosen as deputy general manager of the China Petrochemical Corporation in July 2018, and rose to become president in November 2021.[2] His assignment ended in April 2024.[3] He still stayed at the company and serves as a senior vice president.[3]