China Petroleum & Chemical : Proposed Appointment of Director

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(a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 00386)

Proposed Appointment of Director

The board of directors (the "Board") of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation ("Sinopec Corp. " or the "Company") has proposed to appoint Mr. Zhang Shaofeng as a non-executive director of the seventh session of the Board of Sinopec Corp. (the "Proposed Appointment"). The Proposed Appointment shall be approved by the shareholders of Sinopec Corp. (the "Shareholders") by way of ordinary resolution at the general meeting of the Company.

The biography details of Mr. Zhang Shaofeng are set out below:

Zhang Shaofeng, aged 49, Mr. Zhang is a professor level senior accountant and holds an MBA degree. In December 2008, he was appointed as Chief Accountant and Member of the CPC Committee of Trans-Asia Gas Pipeline Company Limited of CNPC. In July 2017, he was appointed as General Manager of Finance Department of China National Petroleum Corporation ("CNPC") (PetroChina Company Limited). In December 2017, he was appointed as General Manager of Finance Department of CNPC (PetroChina Company Limited). In July 2020, he was appointed as Member of the Leading Party Member Group and Chief Accountant of China Petrochemical Corporation.

Once the Proposed Appointment is approved at the general meeting, Mr. Zhang will enter into a service contract with Sinopec Corp. as a non -executive director of the Company ("Non-executiveDirector"). Pursuant to provisions in the service contract, the term of Mr. Zhang shall commence from the date on which the Proposed Appointment is approved at the general meeting to the date when the term of the seventh session of the Board expires. Mr. Zhang, as a Non-executive Director, will not receive any remuneration from the Company.

Other than disclosed above, Mr. Zhang did not hold any directorships in any other listed public companies in Hong Kong or overseas in the last three years and did not have any relationship with any other directors, supervisors, senior management, substantial shareholders or controlling shareholder of Sinopec Corp. As at the date of this announcement, Mr. Zhang does not have any interest in the shares of Sinopec Corp. within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance. He has not

received any regulatory sanction imposed by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or any other government authorities or stock exchanges.

Save as disclosed herein, there are no other matters in rela tion to the Proposed Appointment which shall be disclosed to the Shareholders and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited or matters which would require disclosure under rule 13.51(2)(h) to 13.51(2)(v) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

By Order of the Board

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation

Huang Wensheng

Vice President and Secretary to the Board of Directors

Beijing, the PRC,

11 September 2020

As of the date of this announcement, directors of the Company are: Zhang Yuzhuo*, Ma Yongsheng#, Yu Baocai#, Liu Hongbin # , Ling Yiqun#, Li Yong*, Tang Min+, Cai Hongbin+, Ng, Kar Ling Johnny+

• Executive Director

• Non-executiveDirector

• Independent Non-executive Director