On July 8, 2009 (Beijing), the U.S.-based Fortune magazine published its list of the top 500 global companies for 2009. SINOPEC was ranked No. 9, the highest of the Asian companies in the list, with annual sales of $US 207.814b.

43 Chinese companies made the 2009 Fortune list, with PetroChina (No. 13) and the State Grid Corporation (No. 15) being the second and third best performing Chinese companies.