SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 FORM 6-K Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the month of December, 2005 CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION A6, Huixindong Street, Chaoyang District Beijing, 100029 People's Republic of China Tel: (8610) 6499-0060 (Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.) Form 20-F T Form 40-F --------- --------- (Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. ) Yes No T --------- --------- (If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-__________. ) N/A This Form 6-K consists of: The announcement of one-off governmental compensation received by China Petroleum & Chemical corporation (the "Registrant"), made by the Registrant in English on December 27, 2005. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation By: /s/ Chen Ge ----------- Name: Chen Ge Title: Secretary to the Board of Directors Date: December 27, 2005 [GRAPHIC OMITTED] (a joint stock limited company incorporated in the People's Republic of China with limited liability) (Stock Code: 0386) Announcement of one-off Governmental Compensation The international prices of crude oil continued to rise in 2005 and maintained at a high level. This created a distortion of the correlation of domestic refined oil product prices and the crude oil prices. China Petrochemical Corporation ("Sinopec Group Company") recently received notice from the Ministry of Finance (Caiqi [2005] No. 298) that the Ministry of Finance will provide Sinopec Group Company a one-off compensation of RMB10 billion, of which China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation and its subsidiaries, (the "Company") will receive a one-off compensation of RMB 9.415 billion. The compensation will be recorded as part of the total profits of the Company for 2005 (before tax) and will be subject to profits tax. This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 11 of the Listing Rules of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. By Order of the Board China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation Chen Ge Secretary to the Board of Directors Beijing, PRC, 27 December 2005 As at the date of this announcement, the executive directors of Sinopec Corp. are Messrs. Chen Tonghai, Wang Jiming, Mou Shuling, Zhang Jiaren, Cao Xianghong; the non-executive directors of Sinopec Corp. are Messrs. Liu Genyuan, Gao Jian and Fan Yifei; the independent non-executive directors of Sinopec Corp. are Messrs. Chen Qingtai, Ho Tsu Kwok Charles, Shi Wanpeng and Zhang Youcai; and the employee representative director of the Sinopec Corp. is Mr. Cao Yaofeng.