Lead a Chinese Oil Giant and Get a Fraction of Your Peers' Pay

A Sinopec gas station stands in front of a Sinopec oil refinery in Pudong district, Shanghai, China.

Photographer: Kevin Lee/Bloomberg

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The next chief of China’s Sinopec Group -- the world’s top oil refiner -- can expect to get a fraction of what counterparts at international energy companies earn.

Wang Yupu, who resigned in September as chairman of state-owned Sinopec Group, was given total compensation of 829,900 yuan (about $126,500) last year, according to a statement Tuesday from the company, officially known as China Petrochemical Corp. That’s dwarfed by just the salaries of BP Plc Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley ($1.85 million) and Exxon Mobil Corp. head Darren Woods ($1 million).