BEIJING, May 27 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation ("Sinopec Corp." or "the Company") (HKEX: 386; NYSE: SNP; LSE: SNP; CH: 600028) today announced that the Company has filed Form 20-F for 2008 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

Sinopec has posted its 2008 Annual Report on its website, which can be accessed electronically at http://www.sinopec.com . The Form 20-F can also be accessed electronically at http://www.sec.gov . Upon request, the Company will also deliver free of charge within a reasonable time a hard copy of its 2008 Annual Report, including its complete audited financial statements. To request a hard copy, please contact Ms Pan Guoying, Senior IR Manager, by telephone at +86 (10) 59969577, by e-mail at marlenepan@sinopec.com or by written request to Board Secretariat, No. 22 Chaoyangmen North Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100728 Re: 2008 Annual Report.

About Sinopec Corp.

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation ("Sinopec Corp." or "the Company") is an integrated energy and chemical Company with principal businesses of exploration, production and trading of petroleum and natural gas, refining and sales of petroleum products and production and sales of chemical products. Sinopec Corp. is listed in Hong Kong, New York, London and Shanghai. The Company's competitive strengths are mainly reflected in: its leading market position in the production and sales of refined oil products in China; its status as the largest petrochemical producer in China; its strategic market position in China's highest economic growth areas; its well-established, highly efficient and cost effective sales and distribution network; its integrated business structure with strong resistance against industry cyclical risks; its well-recognised brand and its excellent reputation. The Company intends to fully implement strategies that are well balanced between the Company's development, return to shareholders, and reward to society and to its employees, so that the Company will achieve sustained, effective and harmonious growth, and realise the goal of becoming a multinational energy and chemical corporation with strong competitiveness.

For additional information about Sinopec Corp., please visit the Company's website at http://www.sinopec.com .



    For more information, please contact:

    Beijing
     Investor & Media Inquiries:
     Tel:   +86-10-5996-0028
     Fax:   +86-10-5996-0386
     Email: ir@sinopec.com
     Email: media@sinopec.com

    Hong Kong
     Investor Inquires:
     Tel:   +852-2824-2638
     Fax:   +852-2824-3669
     Email: ir@sinopechk.com

     Media inquiries:
     Tel:   +852-3512-5000
     Fax:   +852-2259-9008
     Email: sinopec@brunswickgroup.com

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