Jinlian Petrochemical Storage and Transportation Co., Ltd., and participation in Pinghu China Aviation Oil Port Co., Ltd. to meet the current operation and future development needs of the Company's storage and transportation system. The Group further worked to advance the integration of production, marketing, research and application of new products. No. 92 China VIB grade automotive gasoline was successfully blended and produced for the first time, with a cumulative sales volume of 44,600 tons. The Group also completed a synthetic resin import substitution project. Success was seen in developing large-diameter, low-melting and pressure-bearing pipe products, with an accumulated sales volume of 3108.6 tons. The export business of chemical products seen good expansion. The new high-endurance polyester engineering plastic and its application won the CIFF New Material Award at the International Industry Fair. Furthermore, the Group also steadily promoted the eight projects that included different areas such as intelligent factory construction and promotion, the upgrade of real-time database to the acceptance benchmark. Projects such as smart warehousing, contractor and direct operation management platform were also went online. Business plans in 2021 In 2021, the Group will continue to adhere to the market-oriented, efficiency-centred strategy, and to consolidate the foundation of environmental protection, continue to optimize production and operation, improve corporate governance efficiency with a focus on building talent teams, to achieve high-quality development of the Company and strive to create better economic benefits. In 2021, the Company is looking to process a total of 14.20 million tons of crude oil and produce a total of 8.69 million tons of refined oil, 0.75 million tons of ethylene, 0.49 million tons of paraxylene, 0.42 million tons of polyethylene, 0.43 million tons of polypropylene, 0.30 million tons of purified terephthalic acid, 0.25 million tons of ethylene glycol, 0.03 million tons of polyester fiber and 0.10 million tons of acrylic fiber. Wu Haijun, Chairman of Sinopec Shanghai, said: "The key components of the Group's development strategy are as follows: to take into account both low cost and differentiation, and to focus on both scale and refinement. The Company foscuses on value and market orientation, creativity, talents as the backbone of the Company, the emphasis of environment and low carbon emissions and integrated development, to realize low cost and large scale of the upstream, and high value-added and refinement of the downstream. The Company will give full play to its advantages of wide product chain, diversified products and close monitoring of the market to enhance competitiveness. In accordance with the "3060" national carbon emission requirement, the Company's ultimate goal is to ensure "zero carbon emissions" and guarantee coordination of carbon reduction and transformation and development. The Company promoted the construction of large ton carbon fibre, hundred-ton high performance carbon fibre pilot plant project, 3rd circuit 220 kV power supply line project. We will speed up the construction of hydrogen energy demonstration projects and launch the thermoplastic elastomer project. The Company shall emphasis on tackling key core technologies such as carbon fiber, and increase investment in research and development, and improve the collaborative innovation mechanism. The Company shall also explore opportunities in differentiated high value-added products, and strive to build a new material industry cluster with the carbon fiber industry as the core and utilize polyester, polyolefin, elastomer, C5 downstream fine chemical new materials as the keys to seek breakthroughs and developments. The Company also vigorously promote the construction of a data governance system and the application of advanced control and optimization technologies, and deepen the application of intelligent security, with promoting the construction of an integrated platform for intelligent marketing, and accelerate the advancement of digital transformation." The End About Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company Limited Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company Limited is one of the major comprehensive petrochemical enterprises integrated refinery and petrochemical capacity in the People's Republic of China. It is also one of the major domestic producers of ethylene. Ethylene is one of the most important intermediate petrochemical products used in the production of synthetic fibres, resins and plastics. Located at Jinshanwei in the southwest of Shanghai, the Company is a highly integrated petrochemical enterprise which processes crude oil into a broad range of petroleum products, intermediate petrochemical products, resins and plastics, and synthetic fibres. The Company sells most of its products within the PRC market and derives most of its revenues from customers in Eastern China, one of the fastest growing regions in the PRC. Relying on the competitive advantage of its high degree of integration, the Company is optimizing its product mix, improving the quality and variety of its existing products, upgrading technology and increasing the capacity of its key upstream plants. In 1993, the Company became the first company incorporated under the laws of the PRC to make a global equity offering, and its shares were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Since the listing of its shares, the Company has strived to continuously improve and enhance its operation and management efficiency with an aim to build itself into a "leading domestically, first-class globally" energy and chemical and new material enterprise. Investor and Media Enquiries: PRChina Limited Alice Yip / Jack Liu Tel: (852) 2522 1368 / (852) 6852 8423 Email: ayip@prchina.com.hk / zliu@prchina.com.hk Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company Limited 2020 Annual Results (Prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards) Consolidated Income Statement For the year ended 31 December 2020 2019 RMB'000 RMB'000 74,623,575 100,269,667 Revenue Taxes and surcharges (13,062,710) (12,213,927) Net sales 61,560,865 88,055,740 Cost of sales (61,901,114) (86,467,995) (340,249) 1,587,745 Gross (loss)/profit Selling and administrative expenses (486,323) (549,885) Net impairment losses on financial assets 120,916 59 Other operating income 148,676 150,714 Other operating expenses (24,686) (21,925) Other gains - net 115,430 153,864 (466,236) 1,320,572 Operating (loss)/profit Finance income 431,228 416,747 Finance expenses (98,954) (53,784) 332,274 362,963 Finance income - net Share of net profit of associates and joint ventures 724,740 972,593 accounted for using the equity method 590,778 2,656,128 Profit before income tax Income tax benefit/(expense) 65,620 (428,963) Profit for the year 656,398 2,227,165 Profit attributable to: ? Owners of the Company 645,072 2,215,728 ? Non-controlling interests 11,326 11,437 656,398 2,227,165 Earnings per share attributable to owners of the Company for the year (expressed in RMB per share) Basic earnings per share RMB 0.060 RMB 0.205 Diluted earnings per share RMB 0.060 RMB 0.205
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