Sinopec is involved in public welfare and charity, and implements the social contribution system focusing on rural revitalization; social welfare; public welfare through proprietary brands; social service and environmental protection public welfare programs. We promote people's wellbeing through our diverse public welfare and philanthropic programs.

Social welfare

For many years, Sinopec has been implementing the "Sinopec Lifeline Express; "The Gas Station That Cares – A Better Road Home"; "Drivers' Home"; "Love Station" and other public welfare programs to improve people's wellbeing.

The Sinopec Lifeline Express

Sinopec Lifeline Express

Since 2004 Sinopec has participated in the Health Express philanthropic program. In 2007, it donated 30 million yuan to build the Sinopec Lifeline Express, which is dedicated to providing free eye disease treatment services in the Chinese mainland. This is the first and only mobile ophthalmic hospital dedicated to charitable medical activities donated by a mainland-based company in China. Known as the mobile eye hospital, it is an important national project for cataract prevention and treatment.

The Sinopec Lifeline Express enters three poverty-stricken areas every year, and treats 3,000 people on average; with a success rate of over 99.9%, it is comparable to any Grade-A tertiary hospital in the first-tier cities in China. In 2021, the Express provided free assistance to 2,808 impoverished cataract patients in Luoyang, Henan province; Haidong (Haixi), Qinghai province; and Linyi, Shandong province, marking its fourth visit to Henan and Qinghai. It benefited a total of 3,149 people in Henan and 3,457 in Qinghai.

Over the past 18 years, Sinopec has donated a total of 184 million yuan to the Health Express undertaking to build 23 cataract treatment centers as the title sponsor; offered training to local ophthalmologists; and provided the latest ophthalmic examination equipment, among others, leaving parked train hospitals for locals. The Sinopec Lifeline Express has travelled to 41 service sites in 18 provinces (autonomous regions) across the country, helping more than 50,000 impoverished cataract patients regain their eyesight and giving the whole family hope of moving out of poverty.

The Sinopec Lifeline Express helps its 50,000th cataract patient (middle) regain eyesight in Linyi, Shandong

"Drivers' Home"

In 2021, Sinopec implemented important guidelines of the CPC Central Committee on new employment forms and the platform economy; and the labor competition of "10,000 Stations in 100 Cities·Excellent Service". We accelerated the standardization of the "Drivers'Home", and built the "2+7+X" service system to improve service quality and create a "home on the road" for truck drivers. By the end of 2021, Sinopec had 2,178 "Drivers' Homes" in service in 31 provinces and municipalities (autonomous regions) across the country, delivering services to drivers. We plan to build 5,000 such homes during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, forming a service network covering the whole country.

Sinopec's 10 "Drivers' Homes" received the 2021 National "Drivers' Home" AAAAA Rating

Love Station

In line with the requirements of the Guidelines of All-China Federation of Trade Unions on Regulating the Work Related to the Outdoor Labor Service Sites of Trade Unions, Sinopec has integrated its public service brands such as Sanitation Station, Caring Service Station and Outdoor Station into a Love Station with unified standards and "7+X" services in 2012, in order to provide better services to sanitation workers, taxi drivers, and traffic police, as well as online car-hailing drivers, couriers, and take-out deliverymen. These efforts demonstrated Sinopec's desire to serve the people with practical actions. By the end of 2021, Sinopec had built 3,520 Love Stations, and planned to add 8,000 during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, making full use of the platform's advantages to enable more social groups to benefit from its development.

Seven unified standards"7 + X" services

Seven basic services: Meals storage; food heating; hot water supply; reading area; mobile charging; medical kit; cooling and heating.

X-multiple services: Providing supporting services such as policy publicity; legal aid; and takeaway collection.

Public welfare through proprietary brands

Sinopec supports and encourages its proprietary brands to participate in social welfare programs and help enhance brand reputation and corporate influence.

For many years, Great Wall Lubricant has implemented the "Chinese Astronauts Experience Camp"; "China Space Cheering Group" and "Happiness 1+1" programs, promoting the space exploration spirit; boosting people's enthusiasm for space exploration; and supporting China's space industry with practical actions.

In 2021, Sinopec Easy Joy implemented its "Micro Hope Plan", a public welfare program dedicated to helping rural teachers and supporting rural education through such activities as "My Teacher and I" drawing; helping 2,021 rural teachers to realize their dreams; and providing rural teachers with an opportunity to appreciate the Winter Olympics.

In 2021, Sinopec Easy Joy launched the "Micro Hope Plan" themed on "Helping rural teachers to realize their dreams"; implementing public welfare activities featuring aspiration, illumination, calling and realizing dreams

Social service

Rescue and relief

In 2021, after earthquakes struck Dali in Yunnan province; Guoluo Prefecture of Qinghai province; and Luzhou in Sichuan province, Sinopec launched an emergency rescue plan and had equipment checked for risk prevention. We worked with local governments; opened up green channels for oil supply; and dispatched and donated relief materials.

In July, amid the downpours that hit many parts of Henan province, Sinopec dispatched more than 500,000 liters of gasoline and diesel to ensure the supply of fuel for flood relief. Five national emergency rescue teams rescued more than 3,700 people; 9,333 employees in our enterprise in the province stuck to front-line production for self-rescue; we donated 50 million yuan to the disaster-hit areas in Henan, and 24 affiliated petrochemical enterprises, along with our partners, officials and employees, donated 5.62 million yuan. Besides, Hubei Petroleum; Guangxi Petroleum; Sinopec Easy Joy and other businesses donated material to help Henan tide over the difficulties.

Service for farmers

The No 1 Central Document for 2021 highlights food security. To ensure agricultural production and farm machinery oil supply, Sinopec has launched targeted policies and special offers; provided green channels for fueling; as well as dedicated fueling machines. We offered free door-to-door delivery of fuel and fertilizers; and invited agriculture experts to instruct farmers on planting schemes and pest control; ensuring farm machinery oil supply during "spring ploughing"; "harvesting, planting and field management in summer"; and "harvesting, ploughing and sowing in autumn".

Service for major events

Sinopec ensured fuel and daily supplies for service vehicles and important materials transport vehicles during major events such as the NPC and CPPCC sessions; May Day; CPC centenary celebrations; National Day, and the sixth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC. In addition, we supported some events like the 14th National Students Games; the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions; and 2021 "SCIP Plus" Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contest, maintaining our relations with local governments.

Law popularization

Sinopec has par ticipated in law popularization by supporting the China Legal Aid Foundation's "1+1" legal aid volunteer campaign for 10 years; and providing legal aid to more than 10,000 people in the impoverished areas of central and western China. Besides, we have implemented the "Sinopec legal aid" Constitution quiz for seven consecutive years to raise public awareness of the Constitution, and promote the spirit of the Constitution.

The Sinopec Youth Volunteer Service Team was established in March 2021

Volunteer services

Sinopec promotes the socialist core values and the volunteerism of "dedication, friendship, mutual aid and progress"; advances the organizational, mechanism and the brand building for youth volunteer services; and guides the youth league organizations at all levels and the young people in the petrochemical sector to be devoted to Chinese youth volunteer services, highlighting the "petrochemical business card" in youth volunteer services. In March 2021, the Sinopec Youth Volunteer Service Team was established, and all affiliated businesses set up service branches, recruiting young people in the sector to register as official members through zyz.org.cn, a platform for volunteer services; and encouraging team members to contribute to rural revitalization; the Winter Olympics; community development; public welfare; pandemic response; and other service programs. As of December 2021, we established 1,422 youth volunteer service organizations within our system; and more than 79,000 registered volunteers contributed a total of over 130,000 hours of volunteer services.

Since the inception of the "Starry Sky" Volunteer Service Team in 1996, Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical has carried out in communities and schools volunteer service programs, such as village road lighting; riverway cleaning; regular maintenance; green belt construction, and dustbin donation, addressing problems faced by the local people

Environmental protection public welfare programs

Sinopec takes up environmental protec tion public welfare programs as part of its efforts to implement the major strategy of promoting ecologic al conservation and building a beautiful China. We work to make our country clean and beautiful through voluntary tree-planting; cleaning beach campaigns, and other programs.

Employees from Sinopec's businesses in Shaanxi province plant trees