More than ten years after the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative was proposed, more and more Chinese companies have taken on their mission to go abroad, moving from "products to overseas" to "value to overseas", which not only promotes the global layout of Chinese manufacturing and Chinese technology, but also has become an important carrier for telling China's stories and showing China's image with an increasingly mature sense of responsibility. In this wave of enterprises going global, a group of enterprises with a concept of sustainable development and social responsibility stood out, and Southern Petrochemical is a typical representative of them. This energy company, founded in 2002, has always adhered to the concept of "people-oriented, sincerity as the way, and goodness as the basis", and deeply rooted its social responsibility in the genes of corporate development. Driven by the dual driving of the wave of economic globalization and Chinese-style modernization, Southern Petrochemical insists on the development of enterprises and social welfare, and interprets the new mission of Chinese overseas enterprises in the new era with practical actions: not only to "go out" in the business dimension, but also to "go in" and "go up" at the social value level.

Do good deeds in Africa and promote the construction of a community with a shared future in China and Africa

Since entering the Congo (Polish) in 2013, Southern Petrochemical has deeply integrated its corporate development strategy with local people's livelihood improvement. Through infrastructure upgrades, improvements in people's livelihood and welfare, professional talent training and cultural exchanges and mutual learning, it has truly transformed the strategic vision of "going out" into a sustainable development path to "growing together" with local society.

Improvement of people's livelihood: Warm actions convey corporate care

Around Jiarou Oilfield, roads built by Southern Petrochemical are becoming the "dynamic artery" of transportation. National Highway No. 4, which connects Black Point City and Cabinda, was completed in November 2024, changed its original uneven and severe damage and became a "happy road" and "rest assured road" for residents along the route to travel, which had a wide and positive social impact in the local area.

Over the past twelve years, Southern Petrochemical has insisted on carrying out the "Yonghua Public Welfare Tour" series of activities, and promoted the people-friendly project in the Congo (Brazil) system: repairing houses, building bridges, installing solar street lights, donating daily necessities, and drilling 11 drinking water wells and upgrading the water supply system, allowing the villages around Jiarou Oilfield to bid farewell to the "drinking water difficulties", and taking multiple measures to improve the local infrastructure construction level and people's living conditions, conveying the friendly friendship of "neighbors help each other and sharing beauty" among Chinese enterprises.

In terms of health protection, Southern Petrochemical teams joined hands with China's medical team to assist Gangkok to carry out free medical consultations around the oil fields for seven consecutive years, donated medicines to local medical institutions many times, and actively provided volunteer services during the Chinese Navy's "Peace Ark" hospital ship visit to Gangkok, providing solid support for the local public health defense line.

No matters in people's livelihood, there are no trivial matters. From people-friendly projects to health protection, every step of Southern Petrochemical's development in Congo (Brazza) is deeply engraved with a warm mark closely linked to the welfare of the local people.

Teach people how to fish: Public welfare empowers to stimulate endogenous motivation

"Blood transfusion" is not a long-term solution, but "blood production" is the long-term way. In addition to infrastructure construction and people's livelihood assistance, Nanfang Petrochemical has actively "created blood" for its local areas through talent training and educational investment, and has elevated public welfare undertakings to the long-term value of "teaching people to fish". This is not only a deepening of the concept of responsibility, but also a realistic need to build a high-level community with a shared future for middle and strong people.

Education is the key fulcrum for stimulating the endogenous driving force of society. In 2018, the Congo (Buddhistory) Jiarou Primary School, donated by Southern Petrochemical, was officially handed over and put into use. Over the past seven years, the school has become the most dynamic basic education institution in the area, benefiting nearly a thousand children around the oil field. Southern Petrochemical has always paid attention to the comprehensive improvement of the education ecology. By repairing school buildings and donating school supplies, it has effectively improved the teaching and living environment of teachers and students, so that this "Hope Primary School" truly has the function of "blood-making".

At the same time, in recent years, Southern Petrochemical and the Congo (Brazza) Enterprise Federation jointly launched the "Youth Career Development Exchange Plan", organizing college students to visit Jiarou Oilfield on site, experience the modern energy production process at zero distance, and provide practical reference for youth career planning. In terms of talent cultivation, Southern Petrochemical has created more than 2,000 jobs for Congo (Brazza), and has built a growth mechanism covering production training, job training, and job promotion, promoting local employees to transform from basic positions to technical management positions, and achieving a leap from "localization of employment" to "localization of talents".

From basic education to vocational training, from production frontline to management positions, Nanfang Petrochemical has built a local empowerment system that is nested and continuously operated, which not only assumes the role of an organizer, but also promotes the two-way flow of value.

Building together: Cultural integration promotes value recognition

The friendship between a country lies in the people's relationship, and the relationship between a people lies in the mutual understanding of the heart. Cultural integration is the key to the mutual understanding of the people. Southern Petrochemical not only actively participates in cultural activities organized by the Chinese Embassy in Congo (Brazza) and local Chinese Chamber of Commerce activities, but also works with the Confucius Institute in Black Point to carry out Chinese cultural theme exchanges, and further narrows the emotional distance between the people of China and Congregation through myths, short film screenings, intangible cultural heritage interactive experiences.

As a traditional governance custom with a long history in the Congo (Brazza), the "wise deliberation" system has always been highly valued by local governments. Southern Petrochemical actively responded to the call of the Congolese government and contributed to the construction of two modern deliberation pavilions in Hekao City and Quilu Province, helping the local area to achieve the first combination of traditional tribal governance models and modern deliberation space. Congolese Prime Minister Makoso called it "a modernization attempt to protect the country's cultural roots" and said that "this is a vivid epitome of the mutual connection between the people of China and Congo."

On the road of cultural integration, Southern Petrochemical has built a lasting bridge of trust in the depths of China-Africa cultural exchanges based on time and respect.

The Long March of Responsibility, which began in 2002: Starting from the Local Area to the World

The warm chapter written by Southern Petrochemical on the African continent actually continues the gene of responsibility that has been deeply rooted in its founding in 2002. in the country, this responsibility has long been transformed into pragmatic actions that benefit people's livelihood. The company has invested more than 150 million yuan in education and medical care and other people's livelihood fields: the inpatient building of Shengang Health Center, Taiping Town, Conghua City, built 17 million yuan has effectively improved the medical conditions in mountainous areas; donated to the Yingde Jiangxi Hope Primary School and supported the construction of a stadium in Miancheng Middle School, and continued to support the development of education; donated funds to the Guangdong Chao Opera Development and Reform Foundation and the Guangzhou Revitalization Cantonese Opera Foundation to help local opera and other intangible cultural heritage arts rejuvenate; in the face of major natural disasters, 32.2 million yuan was donated to Sichuan, Qinghai and other places as soon as possible for post-disaster reconstruction and emergency assistance.

While providing foreign aid, Southern Petrochemical also pays attention to the construction of internal humanistic care. The company leaders take the lead in donating and all employees donating funds together to establish the "Employee Mutual Aid Foundation" to help employees whose families encounter accidents or have difficulties in life. This mechanism has benefited a large number of employees and families over the past 20 years, forming a corporate culture atmosphere of "one person is in trouble, and all parties support", allowing "corporate care" to take root.

"Great love is boundless" is not only a slogan, but also a set of responsibility logic that has been permeated with development decisions for many years. It is this long-term value orientation that has laid the foundation for Southern Petrochemical to move from domestic to international and to practice the warm actions of crossing mountains and seas.

Perform responsibilities well and gain social recognition

On the public welfare monument of the "Tree of Love" statue in Guangzhou Sculpture Park, the name of Southern Petrochemical is listed, which is the best testimony to the company's 23 years of fulfilling social responsibilities. From Guangdong to the world, Southern Petrochemical has successively won honors such as "Outstanding Private Enterprise in Economic and Social Contribution to Guangzhou", "Outstanding Contribution to Charity Enterprise" and "Public Welfare and Charity Model". In Congo (Brazil), it has received widespread praise from the Congo (Brazil) government and all walks of life. Chairman Xiao Liangping was awarded the National "Knights Medal" of the Congo (Brazil) National "Knights Medal" in 2017. He has publicly stated on many occasions: "Southern Petrochemical has always regarded fulfilling social responsibilities as an important mission of enterprise development. While carrying out oil and gas development cooperation projects and helping the development of the energy industry in Congo (Brazza), the group company actively gives back to the society through the implementation of a series of infrastructure construction and public welfare charity projects and fulfills the solemn commitment of jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative, "consulting, co-construction and sharing."

The joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is a path of interconnected development, and a path of cooperation to share responsibilities and make common progress. As one of the representatives of Chinese enterprises that "go global", Southern Petrochemical has always regarded social responsibility as an inherent requirement and long-term commitment for corporate development. From the bank of the Pearl River to the hot land of Africa, from the "hard connectivity" of energy cooperation to the "heart-to-heart connection" of cultural integration, Southern Petrochemical has implemented the solemn commitment of the builders of the "Belt and Road" to contribute to society with 23 years of perseverance, and interprets the profound connotation of building a community with a shared future for mankind. In the future, Southern Petrochemical will uphold the concept of "people-oriented, sincerity as the way, and goodness as the basis", continuously expand the boundaries of responsibility in the process of global development, respond to local needs with practical actions, build a community with a shared future for mankind with lasting trust, and tell the stories of warm and responsible Chinese companies on the broad stage of jointly building the "Belt and Road".