Aiding those in need and helping those in difficulty will improve the unity and harmony of the society. By 2011, Sinopec has carried out designated poverty alleviation program for 23 consecutive years, has implemented aiding program for Tibet for 9 years, and has sponsored Lifeline Express Project for 8 years. All these programs effectively improve the production and living condition of local people, and stimulate the economic growth of local society. In 2011, Sinopec also assisted the reconstruction of disaster-hit regions and drought-regions in Guizhou Province.

Assisting Porverty-Hit Counties

Sinopec has strengthened aids to the four state-designated poverty-hit counties including Yinshang and Yuexi counties in Anhui Province and Luxi and Fenghuang counties in Hunan Province, improving infrastructure construction, labor skill training and education. In 2011, Sinopec has invested RMB 12.8 million to the four designated counties, implementing 15 poverty relief projects. Those projects include building 11 cement roads connection villages, with a length of 52 kilometers, completion of 1800 labor forces training, aiding 1257 poor university and high school students, construction of bridges, drinking water projects and vegetable greenhouses.

Aiding Tibet

Sinopec places great emphasis on and further strengthens the work of aiding Tibet. During the 9 years of Sinopec's aiding efforts to Bange County, we have sent 12 cadres to Bange, accumulatively invested RMB 184 million (RMB 27.86 million in 2011), implemented 80 aiding projects (9 in 2011), and significantly improve the Bange's economic growth and well-being of local people. In 2010, the GDP of Bange County reached RNB 314 million, increased by 147% compared with 2002 before the aiding efforts; the fiscal income reached RMB 6.13 million, grew by 308%, while the annual per capita income of herdsmen increased to RMB3515, up by 142%.

Infrastructure construction is the key to aiding-Tibet work. Jijiangzhaxi road and Xingfu road built by Sinopec are just like two jade belts going through the town of Bange County. A series of people-benefiting projects such as housing project have improved the living standard of herdsmen. By now, 5863 households have moved into safe and comfortable houses, while over 6000 households are equipped with safe and environmental-friendly solar lighting system. In addition, we helped to build places of recreation and Bange Sinopec Primary School for grade 4 to grade 6 students. So far, it is the highest aiding-Tibet primary school above sea level.

Training improves the local self-reliance capacity of poverty-hit regions. Sinopec carried out training focusing on competence development with market-orientation and special feature. With the combination of aids and self-development, we achieve better effects of the poverty alleviation work. In 2011, we invested RMB 500,000 for skill training of health care, education, veterinarian, and education of comprehensive development for government officials.

For long, Sinopec's aiding-Tibet efforts have been highly recognized by the society. Bata, Party Secretary of the Bange County, said: "in the recent 9 years, Sinopec's aids help Bange County to achieve fast and sound economic growth, improve well-being and living standard of the people, promote the development by leaps and bounds and long-term stability.

Aiding Qinghai

Sinopec started to aid Qinghai Province in 2011 with a total investment of RMB 4 million for the year. We helped to bulid an 8,008 m2 market in Wenhua road, Mangya Administation of Qinghai Province. The market is expected to be put into use in 2012, with total investment of RMB 21.2 million. This is the Sinopec's first aiding-Qinghai project, which set up a solid foundation for more of its kind.

"Lifeline Express" Brightness Tour

Eyes are the windows of soul. To cure the cataract patients, Sinopec constantly devoted to the "Lifeline Express" project, and achieved good accomplishment.

We can summarize Sinopec's efforts to "Lifeline Express" project since 2004 with "one train, 20,000 patients, one training center and three treatment centers". We donated a "Lifeline Express" which is worth RMB 30 million and equipped with most advanced medical equipment. This "Lifeline Express" has traveled to poverty-hit regions in Xinjiang, Gansu, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Guizhou, Jilin, Guangxi, Henan, etc, and cured over 21,000 poor cataract patient for free, and will continue its journey of "brightness". In addition, we helped to build a training center of ophthalmic microsurgery and three cataract treatment centers.

Aiding Disaster Area

Provide aids for reconstruction after disaster. Three years ago, after the Wenchuan Earthquake, Sinopec made its commitment to supply natural gas to each settlement place and provide gasoline and diesel to each machine for reconstruction no matter where they are. In the recent 3 years, Sinopec reinforced its exploration and production, built pipelines to send gas and oil products to where they are most needed. We donated RMB 308 million and supplied 7.823 billion cubic meters of gas to the disaster-hit area. We fulfilled our commitment with action, bring warmth to tens of thousands of Sichuan people, and contribute a lot for the reconstruction and local economic growth.

Provide aid to drought-region in Guizhou. In 2011, Sinopec Guizhou company provided 2000 liters of diesel to Qianxi County and Dafang County which were severely hit by the drought. In 2011, Sinopec donated RMB 7 million to Guizhou provincial government for the drought relief work, which is sincerely appreciated by the local government.