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Sinopec's Pioneering Hydrogen Corridor Along the Yangtze River

On September 25, 2025, during the High-quality Development Promotion Conference for Modern Industrial Chain of Hydrogen Energy Application, Sinopec, officially known as the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386), announced a significant step forward in hydrogen mobility. The company successfully completed a remarkable 1,500-kilometer journey using three different hydrogen-powered logistics vehicles from the Qingwei Integrated Energy Station in Shanghai's Qingpu District. The route traced the mighty Yangtze River, traversing through five provinces: Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Hubei, concluding at the Zhijiang Service Area South Station in Yichang, Hubei. Along the journey, these vehicles refueled at six dedicated Sinopec hydrogen stations.

This achievement marks a new chapter in Sinopec's ongoing efforts to enhance interregional hydrogen logistics, following earlier successful tests along two other corridors: the Beijing-Shanghai and the Western Land-Sea Corridor. To date, Sinopec has established five intercity hydrogen corridors connecting major cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Chengdu, Chongqing, Shanghai, Jiaxing, Ningbo, Jinan, Qingdao, Wuhan, and Yichang.

To integrate hydrogen mobility further between Eastern and Western regions, Sinopec has fused the intercity corridors of Shanghai-Jiaxing-Ningbo and Wuhan-Yichang into the new Yangtze River hydrogen corridor. The ambitious plan also includes an expansion into the Chengdu-Chongqing corridor, with the goal of fully establishing the hydrogen axis along the Yangtze River and enabling a greater number of hydrogen-powered vehicles to operate safely on highways.

Sinopec aims to solidify its position as China's foremost hydrogen company with an impressive annual hydrogen production capacity of 4.45 million tons. The company also runs the country's first seawater hydrogen production project at the Qingdao refinery and has a 100 kW pilot facility utilizing Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOEC) in the Zhongyuan oilfield. Additionally, the integrated Wind-Solar-Hydrogen project in Inner Mongolia, with an annual capacity of 30,000 tons, aims to support the decarbonization of the coal chemical sector. Another integrated project in Ulanqab, capable of producing 100,000 tons annually, will establish China’s first large-scale, cross-provincial hydrogen pipeline for long-distance transport.

With 146 hydrogen fueling stations and 11 supply centers operational, Sinopec is now the largest hydrogen station operator worldwide, incorporating all