Sinopec set an example in establishing the concept of safe development, strengthened the awareness of principal responsibilities of safe production, enhanced the construction of safe production mechanisms, thoroughly investigated and corrected the hidden dangers and risks to safety, and observed the concept of safe production through the whole process of production and operation, so that the development of the enterprise was based on a stable and reliable foundation of safety.

Safe production management

Sinopec implemented the "first-in-command" safety mortgage system for high-risk enterprises, organized the HSE report and assessment of newly appointed leaders, and pushed leaders to shoulder safety responsibilities. It organized all stakeholders at all levels to sign the statement of safe production responsibility, and clarified the terms of accountability. It also strengthened the training and certification of personnel in key HSE positions, and enhanced their ability to understand and fulfill their responsibilities. Also, the company carried out safe production warning education, promoted the implementation of the Work Safety Law, and enhanced the safety awareness of employees and cadres at all levels. In 2022, the safety training coverage of the group company was 100%. The company also took measures to promote the effective operation of the HSE management system and organized comprehensive system audits. Also, it organized and carried out a comprehensive system safety inspection, established four special safety inspection teams for the group company, and completed the inspection tasks of key enterprises. Focusing on process control, alarm interlinking, and operation control, it carried out inspections in the "Four Nos and Two Straights" (no advance notice, no greetings, no report, no escort and reception, and going straight to the junior level and the scene), and established an inspection team to conduct special safety inspections. It has also organized and carried out offshore oil safe production law enforcement inspections, coal mine safety examinations, and safety audits, and "100-day safety actions" across the entire sector according to the work safety situation at the turn of a year.

Safe risk prevention and control

Risk control and hidden trouble management

Sinopec ended its three-year safe production rectification campaign, and completed the correction of problems and hidden dangers on schedule. It promoted centralized efforts to tackle key problems in risk control and hidden dangers, and completed the construction of a "dual prevention digital and intelligent control platform" for production enterprises. Customized control policies and measures were implemented for old devices. Special investigation and rectification of lightning hazards were carried out in fuel, oil and gas storage facilities. The "offshore oil safety risk monitoring and warning system" was established, while in-depth safety risk assessment was conducted for manned platforms. Safety assessment was done for the main structure of aging platforms; and special investigation and correction were done in high-risk subdivision areas.

Emergency response to safe production accidents

Sinopec organized 78 enterprises to carry out cross review of emergency plans, conducted group company level emergency drills, and promoted the "135" emergency response principle (emergency response in 1 minute, stabilizing the situation in 3 minutes and fire control and hazardous gas control brigade and rescue force arriving at the scene in 5 minutes) at grassroots level. The company conducted 580,000 safe production emergency drills in the year, involving 3.3 million participants. It formulated the "Work Plan for Strengthening the Construction of Full-time Fire Brigades in Enterprises", and carried out special fire safety assessments and fire brigade performance compliance assessments. Also, Sinopec actively participated in social rescue, and 14 emergency rescue teams and three individuals were commended by the Ministry of Emergency Management.

Operation safety

Sinopec completed the revision, issuance and publicity of the "7+1" system of direct operations, organized the production of a series of warning films for high-risk operation accidents, and effectively improved the safety awareness and risk prevention ability of on-site operators. It organized and carried out special contractor safety rectification programs centering on "eight inspections and eight rectifications", continued to conduct special inspections of high-risk construction projects, and implemented shutdown rectification and accountability assessment for any violations found. It also employed strict control measures for high-risk operations, implemented the special management requirements of "Two Specials and Two Keys" (special operations and special time; and hazardous chemical processes and hazardous chemicals under key supervision), upgraded the management of simultaneous operations, implemented the leader on-site supervision mechanism for major and dangerous projects, and made efforts to ensure safe production during special periods.

Public security

In accordance with the requirements of national public security industry standards, Sinopec has promoted anti-terrorism compliance construction and completed the public safety guarantee tasks during major events such as the 20th CPC National Congress, the "Two Sessions", the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics, and the 5th China International Import Expo. Sinopec comprehensively promoted the special investigation and cleaning of illegal construction on pipelines, and removed all illegal structures on in-service pipelines. It also organized key enterprises to conduct in-depth geological disaster investigation and evaluation, employed new generation of "aviation, aerospace and ground" multi-source investigation technologies to get a clear and comprehensive picture of risks and hidden hazards, promoted the implementation of control measures and engineering governance plans, and effectively enhanced the disaster and risk prevention capabilities of oil and gas facilities in the Sichuan and Chongqing work area. It organized logistic (operator) business backbones and personnel of strategic carriers from 82 enterprises to conduct safety training for hazardous chemical transportation, deepened the deployment and application of hazardous chemical transportation risk monitoring and warning systems, and enhanced the hazardous chemical transportation risk control capabilities of the enterprises.
Sinopec continued to adhere to the concept of "people first, prevention first and safe development" for the overseas public security work, revised and improved the management systems, carried out in-depth overseas public security risk assessment, continuously promoted the construction of security risk check and emergency response system, comprehensively enhanced country-specific risk warning and security risk early warning, actively organized overseas public security training, and maintained "zero death" record in overseas projects for 15 consecutive years.