China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Sinopec Corp.") is a listed company on domestic and international stock exchanges with integrated upstream, midstream and downstream operations, strong oil & petrochemical core businesses and a complete marketing network. The Company was incorporated on 25th February, 2000 by China Petrochemical Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Sinopec Group") as the sole initiator, pursuant to the Company Law of the People's Republic of China. The 16.78 billion H shares were listed in Hong Kong, New York and London Stock Exchanges on 18th and 19th October, 2000. The 2.8 billion A shares were listed in Shanghai Stock Exchange on 8th August, 2001. As of end 2017, the Company's total number of shares is near 121.1 billion, of which 95.6 billion are domestic A shares and 25.5 billion are overseas H shares.