As one of the world’s leading energy companies Shell plays a key role in helping to meet the world’s growing energy demand in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways. Shell and its joint ventures employ nearly 9,000 Shell staff in China and is involved in Upstream, Downstream and Projects and Technology businesses.

Shell's story in China dates back to more than one century ago. All of Shell’s core businesses are now represented in China and our head office in China is in Beijing.

Our values
Our core values of honesty, integrity and respect for people form the basis of the Shell General Business Principles.

Our business activities in China
All of Shell’s core businesses are now represented in China: Upstream (oil and gas exploration and liquified natural gas), Downstream (Oil Products and Chemicals) and our Projects and Technology organisation (Shell Global Solutions and Coal Gasification).

Shell in China by numbers

One of the largest foreign investors in China;
The foreign partner in Nanhai Petrochemicals Project, one of the largest sino-foreign joint ventures and petrochemical investments in China;
The largest international supplier of LNG to China;
The largest international lubricants marketer in China;
The largest international bitumen supplier in China;
The leading international supplier of coal gasification technologies in China.
Our contribution
In China, we work together with our partners on a wide range of social investment projects in three focu areas: Education, Environment and Capacity Building.

Shell has been exploring for and producing oil and gas for more than a century. We employ around 102,000 people in more than 100 countries and territories. Our headquarters are in The Hague, the Netherlands, and Peter Voser is our Chief Executive Officer.

Our strategy and priorities for the future are "more upstream and profitable downstream".

Read more about our strategy and major projects on our corporate website (in English)

Shell worldwide by numbers

2%: amount of world’s oil we produce
3%: amount of world’s gas we produce
3.2 million: barrels of gas and oil we produce every day
45,000: Shell service stations worldwide
10 million customers: buy our transport fuel
+25: refineries and chemical plants we run (figures for 2008)
1: ranking by Fortune 500 in 2009
Businesses

Upstream Americas searches for and recovers oil and natural gas across the Americas.
Upstream International searches for and recovers oil and natural gas outside the Americas.
Downstream refines, supplies, trades and ships crude worldwide, manufactures and markets a range of products, and produces petrochemicals for industrial customers.
Projects & Technology manages delivery of Shell’s major projects, as well as driving the research and innovation to create technology solutions.

2008 Financial performance

Revenue: $458.4 billion
Income: $26.5 billion
Capital investment: $38.4 billion
Investment in research and development: over $1.2 billion (more than any other oil major)
Visit our Investor Centre to view our latest quarterly results (in English)

Fast facts for sustainable development

$1.7 billion spent on CO2 and renewable energy technologies over the last 5 years.
In 2008 greenhouse gas emissions from facilities where we operate were approximately 30% below 1990 levels.
$19 billion spent in 2008 with locally owned companies in low and middle income countries.
$148 million on social investment programmes in 2008.
Website: http://www.shell.com