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On the morning of April 14th, 10 hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks fully loaded with chemicals, notebook computers, auto parts and other goods set off after refueling at the Sinopec Chongqing Petroleum Ganshui Hydrogen Refueling Station. They passed through Guizhou and will eventually arrive at Qinzhou Port in Guangxi to go out to sea. China's first cross-regional hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty truck trunk line has thus been officially completed and will enter a regular operation stage. This "hydrogen corridor" is approximately 1,150 kilometers long, with four hydrogen refueling stations along the way. It will drive the application scenarios of medium and short-distance branch logistics in the surrounding areas of Chongqing, Guizhou and Guangxi. It is an important step forward in the development of the hydrogen energy industry in the western region of China and is of great significance for accelerating the construction of an economic, efficient, convenient, green and safe Western Land-sea New Corridor.

The "Hydrogen Corridor" of the Western Land-Sea New Corridor is China's first trunk logistics channel centered on hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks. All four hydrogen refueling stations in the first phase were constructed by Sinopec, namely Chongqing Guanshui Hydrogen Refueling Station, Guiyang Comprehensive Bonded Hydrogen Refueling Station, Baise Weixin Hydrogen Refueling Station and Nanning Zhenxing Hydrogen Refueling Station, forming a stable hydrogen supply network. The "Hydrogen Corridor" passes through places such as Chongqing Changshou, Liupanshui, Guizhou, and Baise, Guangxi, which are rich in hydrogen energy resources. Technologies such as electrolytic water hydrogen production and ammonia decomposition hydrogen production have been applied on a large scale. The annual output of industrial by-product hydrogen exceeds 400,000 tons, which can support the demand of 360,000 logistics vehicles. By building long-distance and high-drop trunk hydrogen energy application scenarios and innovating the "land-to-sea" logistics operation mode, it provides a leading and referential solution for hydrogen energy transportation under complex geographical conditions across the country.

It is not only a logistics channel but also an industrial link. According to the operation platform of the New Land-Sea Corridor, the potential cargo sources in both directions of the trunk line alone amount to 220,000 TEUs per year, and it passes through the Chongqing Road Logistics Base, Guizhou Express Logistics Park, Nanning Shajing Jiangnan Logistics Park, etc., with rich application scenarios. The construction of this "Hydrogen Corridor" will fully leverage the resource and industrial advantages of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities along the route, and build a hydrogen energy all-industry development pattern of "green channel logistics system + hydrogen energy supply system + hydrogen energy industry innovation system", promoting the deep integration of transportation, energy and industry, and achieving a virtuous interaction between economic and social development and ecological and environmental protection. Support the construction of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor and the high-quality development of the western region.

Sinopec has contributed to the efficient completion of the "Hydrogen Corridor" of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor. Sinopec Chuanwei Chemical, in collaboration with Chongqing Petroleum, has innovatively built the largest fuel cell hydrogen supply center in Southwest China by utilizing by-product hydrogen, despite the lack of referential experience at home and abroad. The first phase has a daily hydrogen supply capacity of 3,200 kilograms and has become an important storage facility supporting the construction of the hydrogen corridor. Chongqing Petroleum was the first to build and operate seven hydrogen refueling stations, becoming the largest hydrogen refueling operator in Chongqing. It also built the world's first hydrogen refueling station using underground hydrogen storage Wells and the first "oil, gas, hydrogen, electricity and service" all-business comprehensive energy refueling station in Southwest China. Guangxi Petroleum has built seven hydrogen refueling stations and is the largest supplier of hydrogen energy for vehicles in Guangxi. It was the first to create the country's first commercial ammonia decomposition hydrogen production and refueling integrated station and took the lead in establishing the "Guangxi Hydrogen Energy Federation", building a hydrogen energy platform for communication between the government and enterprises, industry exchange, industry-university-research-application cooperation, and industrial chain collaboration. Relying on the construction of the No. 2 hydrogen refueling station of Guiyang Comprehensive Bonded Zone, Guizhou Petroleum has promoted the coordination of policies, technologies and resources, created a model for hydrogen refueling station construction, and laid a foundation for the development of hydrogen refueling business within the province.

Yu Baocai, senior vice president of Sinopec Corporation, said that Sinopec actively responds to the national "dual carbon" strategy and fully supports the construction of the "Hydrogen Corridor" of the Western Land-Sea New Corridor, providing stable and efficient hydrogen supply guarantees for hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks. In the future, we will continue to increase investment, improve the layout of hydrogen refueling networks along the routes, promote technological innovation in green hydrogen production, and ensure the safety and reliability of hydrogen supply. Meanwhile, we will deepen cooperation with all parties in the industrial chain, jointly explore cost reduction and efficiency improvement paths in hydrogen storage, transportation, refueling and other links, contribute to the creation of a green and low-carbon hydrogen logistics demonstration project, and contribute to the country's energy transformation and high-quality development.

Sinopec is actively promoting the development of hydrogen energy transportation. Sinopec has been continuously building itself into the leading hydrogen energy company. It has established 11 hydrogen fuel cell hydrogen supply centers and 144 hydrogen refueling stations. It has also built seven "hydrogen corridors" including the Western Land-Sea New Corridor, Beijing-Shanghai, Beijing-Tianjin, Chengdu-Chongqing, Shanghai-Jiaxing-Ningbo, Jinan-Qingdao and Han-Yichang Expressways, basically covering the "3+2" hydrogen fuel cell demonstration city clusters. It has become the enterprise with the most hydrogen refueling stations in operation globally. Next, Sinopec will continue to actively respond to the "Hydrogen Energy Expressway" initiative of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. It will join hands with vehicle manufacturers, hydrogen fuel cell system enterprises, large logistics enterprises, hydrogen energy and hydrogen refueling station operation enterprises, etc., gradually connecting points into lines and lines into surfaces, consolidating and improving the hydrogen energy production, supply, storage and sales network, and continuously exploring scalable and sustainable business models. Lead the high-quality development of the hydrogen energy industry chain.