Headquartered in London, BP is one of the world's largest oil and gas companies. BP has operations in more than 90 countries and our major business activities include exploration and production; refining, marketing and chemicals; and renewables. BP hires over 90,000 employees worldwide and was the 4th largest business in 2009 Fortune Global 500 ranking.

BP has been operating in China since the early 1970s. To date, with a total investment of US$4.7 billion, BP is one of the leading foreign investors in China. BP’s business activities include offshore gas production, chemical joint ventures, aviation fuel supply, LPG import and marketing, oil product and lubricant retailing, solar power installations and manufacturing, and the sales of chemicals technology.

In addition to these commercial projects, BP has been actively engaged in energy research activities, particularly clean energy and alternative energy R&D initiatives, aiming to develop clean, sustainable and local energy solutions to support the Chinese economic development. The projects we are involved in include,

Clean Energy Facing the Future – a 10-Year R&D initiative in partnership with Chinese Academy of Science
Clean Energy Commercialization Centre, a research joint venture in Partnership with Chinese Academy of Science
BP- Tsinghua Clean Energy Research and Education Centre
BP-Sun Yat-Sen University Center for LNG Education, Training and Research

In parallel, BP has been working to invest in the community to help address the local issues. By the end of 2009, BP’s total community investment in China exceeded US$12 million and BP’s community practices have been recognized by “2007 Multinational Corporation with Utmost Core Competitiveness in China” Award jointly issued by UNEP and China International Institute of Multinational Corporations, and also “China’s Best Corporate Citizenship Award” by 21st Century Business Herald and 21st Century Business Review for 5 consecutive years since 2004.

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