'New Iron Man' leads overseas oil expansion

Determination has won petroleum pioneer Li Xinmin recognition at home and abroad

Editor's note: This story is part of a series in which China Daily looks at how delegates to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China are spreading the congress' message at work and in their daily lives.

Just as "Iron Man" Wang Jinxi braved the Daqing Oilfield in Heilongjiang province in the 1960s, his successor Li Xinmin is paving the way for his peers to tap resources overseas.