Yu Shiliang announced as new Sinoma chairman, Chairman

Following the sudden death of Sinoma chairman Tan Zhongming on Sunday, the company has announced that vice chairman Yu Shiliang will succeed him as chair.

Tan, who was in his late 50s, reportedly died of a heart attack while in France for a company roadshow. However, a statement by Sinoma said that he passed away “due to illness.”

The state-owned company is one of China's five biggest cement producers. Tan was also a director of Sinoma's Shanghai-listed subsidiary, Sinoma International Engineering, the world's biggest producer of cement equipment, with businesses in more than 30 countries.