With the development ofsocial demand and the improvement of refining processes, Sinopec decides toconduct the catalytic cracking efficiency improvement activity. The activitywill focus on product structure, energy conservation & emission reduction,and operation cycle, and will start from 2013 and end in 2015, lasting threeyears.

Sinopec headquarters willset up four special teams, i.e., process optimization technology service team,energy-saving technology service team, long-term operation service team andcatalyst technology service team, to promote overall technical progress ofcatalystic cracking units by working for their respective objectives.