We pay great attention to poverty relief in Tibet and for this purpose established a special working system, a task force and donation account for management of charity projects in Tibet, all of which operate in a standardized, institutionalized and scientific manner.

Our poverty relief program in Tibet focuses on infrastructure construction and philanthropic activities in order to improve the living and working conditions of local people. We assisted the local governments implement and complete several infrastructure construction projects that substantially improved the living and working conditions of local people. These efforts won the company an honorary title “Model State-Owned Enterprise in Poverty Relief” from the State Council Poverty Alleviation and Development Leadership Team. Over the years, Sinopec donated nearly 1.3 billion RMB in total to poverty-stricken regions, including Tibet, for infrastructure construction, economic development and disaster relief.

Aid to poverty-stricken counties

We have been providing targeted financial assistance to four poverty-stricken counties since 1988. In 2002, we turned our attention to another four poverty-stricken counties: Yingshang and Yuexi in Anhui Province and Luxi and Fenghuang in Hunan Province. Over the past eight years, Sinopec donated nearly 88 million RMB and sent a 32-person task force to address the poverty situation in these four counties.

Throughout the year, following the guidelines of China Rural Areas Poverty Relief and Development Program (2001-2010), we focused our relief efforts on infrastructure construction, industrial development, labor export training and education, an empowerment practice that brought these areas onto the right track of self development and generated remarkable results.

Aid to Tibet

Sinopec began its aid to Tibet in 2002. At the end of 2009, a total of 130 million RMB was invested in 55 infrastructure construction projects, winning the hearts of Tibetan people.

In 2009, Sinopec executed 10 infrastructure construction projects with a total investment of 25.67 million RMB, including herdsmen housing project, Sinopec Primary School of Bange County, construction of village-level libraries, education and training, donations to poor students, specialty processing and construction of village-level veterinary stations.

Infrastructure construction. Sinopec built 12 village-level concrete roads of 68 km length in total in these four poor counties. Of them, Qianma Road in Fenghuang County, a village road that began construction in 2003, connects 11 Miao-nationality villages and serves nearly 20,000 Miao people. This road plays an important role in driving local economic development and tourism and effectively enriched the local residents along the road.

Industrial development. Sinopec actively helps local communities engage in industrial development. For example, a 10,000-mu citrus orchard was developed in Luxi County, helping over 2,000 local households out of poverty with expected income generation of over 50 million RMB at the time of harvest. A 1,000-mu snakegourd orchard was built in Yuexi County, which increased the per-household annual net income of nearly 400 local farm households to over 6,000 RMB.

Labor services training and export. Sinopec held many skill-training seminars in these four poor counties, involving 1,800 participants engaged in numerically controlled machine operations, electronics, and electrical engineering, machinery manufacturing, driving, computer operation and clothes making. Over 85% of the trainees found jobs after training.