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August 4, 2023
Shou Donghua
Chief Financial Officer
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
22 Chaoyangmen North Street
Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100728
The People’s Republic of China
Re:China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
File No. 001-15138
Dear Shou Donghua:
            We have limited our review of your filing to the submission and/or disclosures as
required by Item 16I of Form 20-F and have the following comments.  In some of our comments,
we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.
            Please respond to these comments within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond.
            After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections, page 99
1.We note that your disclosures pursuant to Item 16I(b) use terms such as “our,” “our
company,” and “the company.”  It is unclear from the context of these disclosures whether
these terms are meant to encompass you and all of your consolidated foreign operating
entities or whether in some instances these terms refer solely to China Petroleum
& Chemical Corporation.  Please note that Item 16I(b) requires that you provide each
disclosure for yourself and your consolidated foreign operating entities, including variable
interest entities or similar structures.  To clarify this matter, please provide the information
required by each subsection of Item 16I(b) for you and all of your consolidated foreign
operating entities in your supplemental response.
2.We note your disclosure at page 99 that certain of your directors and supervisors are
officials of the Communist Party of China.  While you include a cross-reference to your
disclosure under Item 6A of the Form 20-F, we note that your disclosures under that Item
appear to identify “members,” rather than “officials,” of the Communist Party of China.

 FirstName LastNameShou Donghua
 Comapany NameChina Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
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 FirstName LastName
Shou Donghua
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
August 4, 2023
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Please revise this section to name each official of the Chinese Communist Party who is a
member of the board of directors of the registrant or the operating entity with respect to
the registrant.
3.In order to clarify the scope of your review, please supplementally describe the steps you
have taken to confirm which members of your board or the boards of your consolidated
foreign operating entities are officials of the Chinese Communist Party.  For instance,
please tell us how the board members’ current or prior memberships on, or affiliations
with, committees of the Chinese Communist Party factored into your determination.  In
addition, please tell us whether you have relied upon third party certifications such as
affidavits as the basis for your disclosure.
            We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of
action by the staff.
            Please contact Tyler Howes at 202-551-3370 or Christopher Dunham at 202-551-3783
with any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Disclosure Review Program