The Company's critical role and contribution to China's space science has been widely acknowledged by the public. The Great Wall lubricant of the Company is one of the few brands in the world that could meet the requirement in space science. The application of relevant lubricants started in 1970s when China launched its nuclear bomb, hydrogen bomb and its first man-made satellite. Consequent applications include premium lubricants for the Long March series Rockets and Shenzhou series Spaceships. The significant contributions in more than four decades won numerous awards and recognition for the Company. In 2005, the Company signed a cooperation agreement with China Space Foundation and Sinopec Lubricant Company was awarded titles as 'China Aviation Partner', 'China Aviation Sponsor', while the Great Wall Lubricant was officially entitled 'Designated Product for China Aviation'.

The Company takes supporting China's space science as an important means to shoulder its social responsibility. Therefore, the Company makes every effort to ensure necessary investment of capital and expertise into the research on space lubricant technologies, meeting the development needs of China's space technology. In recent years, the Company's Great Wall lubricant has been applied to Shenzhou manned spaceship and the 'Chang'e Lunar Exploration' project. Lubricants applied delivered outstanding performance in the harsh working conditions such as temperature extremes, ultra-strong radiation and space dust. The success not only wins honour for the Company and China's lubricants industry, but also marks the competitiveness of the Great Wall lubricant and other leading Chinese lubricants in the international arena.

Supporting China's space science also drives the technology development for the Company's Great Wall lubricant. Over the course, a platform for self innovation was established, upgrading a series of proprietary technologies and building core competitive capabilities in high technology, high quality and international presence. Additionally, a series of high-end lubricants was developed by applying the technologies for space products into civil use, which further supported a leap forward for related industries and sectors, hence prosperity of the national economy.

On 1 November 2007, the symposium on China's Space Lubricants Technologies was held in Beijing. Numerous space scientists and lubricants technologies experts from Beihang University Sinopec Research Institute of Petroleum Processing attended the symposium and identified development targets and directions for the Company's lubricants technologies for space science. In the meeting, a '3-2-1' development plan for the next five years was raised, i.e. to develop three types of new lubricant materials, to build two joint laboratories, and to set up one set of evaluation equipment for space-use lubricants. On 22 November, Sinopec-Beihang Joint Technology Laboratory for space-use lubricants was inaugurated, which would focus on developing lubricants technologies and products for outer space exploration equipment, such as lunar rover. The joint laboratory is the first in its kind by a company and a university for space lubricants technologies. It also marks the beginning of the Company on a journey of developing space-use lubricants and technologies.

At the closing of the 17th CPC National Congress, 'Chang'e 1' lunar exploration satellite was launched successfully around 18:00hr, 24th October 2007, starting her 380,000 km space trip, the third milestone in China's space science history, after the man-made satellite and the manned spaceship. The take-off of 'Chang'e 1' extended Chinese people's reach into the outer space, realized Chinese people's dream for thousands of years to travel to the moon. The take-off is a further manifestation of the Chinese people's determination to build a well-off society and a country of innovation.

The Company's critical role and contribution to China's space science has been widely acknowledged by the public. The Great Wall lubricant products are well known to the public as well. To compare with the 'Shenzhou VI' mission, the 'Chang'e' lunar exploration is faced with new challenges. The Company seeks to increase value through technology advance, deliver its commitment to social responsibilities and to elevate China's space science.

The focus of 'Chang'e' lunar exploration is on the frontier technologies and potential unmet challenges. To well meet the demand for lubricants by the mission, Sinopec Lubricant Company vigorously conducted in-house development and feasibility study, and further improved proprietary technologies in R&D facilities, manufacturing process, products testing, quality control and application testing. The products are applied to not only core parts on 'Chang'e', but also sealing and leak detection of the electronic components. A successful orbital transfer by 'Chang'e' is the key in the entire lunar probe mission. The Great Wall lubricants are able to deliver outstanding performance in improving the steady operation of the gyroscope and ensuring precision operation.