Mr. Hu is a university graduate and entered the workforce in 1971. Before entering the State Planning Commission in 1991, he served as a worker, assistant engineer and engineer at various locations, including a fertilizer plant, the First Research Institute of the former Ministry of Astronautics Industry, the Chemical Research & Design Institute of Henan Province, and the Petrochemical Department of Henan Province.  

After his transfer to the State Planning Commission, Mr. Hu held the positions of deputy section chief, investigator and section chief at the Office of Agricultural Production, the Department of Raw Materials, the Department of Economic Forecasting, the Department of Industry (State Office for the West-East Gas Pipeline Project), and the Energy Bureau, of the State Planning Commission.

Mr. Hu held the position of Deputy Director-General at the National Energy Administration’s Department of Oil & Gas, and has long served in State energy and economic administrative departments.

During his term at the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration, Mr. Hu engaged in energy and economic administration.

There, he was a key drafter of papers on distribution system reform for the agricultural means of production for the State Council, and oversaw the organization, coordination, document formulation and policy research work for a number of major engineering projects. Examples include the West-East Gas Pipeline Project, the Guangdong LNG Project, State transportation and shipbuilding projects, the exploitation of the East China Sea, and the construction of the China-Central Asia Gas Pipeline.
Mr. Hu oversaw the drafting of documents on the medium- and long-term development planning for the use of overseas oil and gas resources, and the development planning for State oil and gas pipelines and LNG projects, as well as participating in the State’s second round of oil and gas resource assessments.
Mr. Hu has published several essays, including “Research on Natural Gas Development and Related Policies of China”, “Optimal Bidding Selection: A New Attempt at Macro-managing Large Natural Gas Projects”, “Bidding for the Guangdong LNG Project” and “Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas Should Have a Place in China’s Natural Gas Development.” These have all been published online at www.China5e.com andwww.drcnet.com.cn (the information network of the Development Research Center of the State Council) and other websites. 

Mr. Hu was awarded the Ministry-and-Commission-Level Progress Prize in Scientific and Collective Technology for his research findings, and was named “Outstanding Civil Servant” of the NDRC and “Progressive Individual” for the National Major Projects.