WTO 与中国石化行业人世后市场规则的变化,显著弱化了政府对国内石化行业的行政性保护,这无疑使中国石化行业在国内市场上面临着严峻的挑战,其市场占有率有进一步下降的危险,但入世也为我国石化行业提供了发展机遇。机遇和挑战并存,并不意味着二者是均等的。由于我国石化行业与国外同行业相比在总体上不具有比较优势,而与发达国家特别是那些实力雄厚的跨国公司相比,则明显处于劣势。因而,总的来看,石化行业虽然不属于入世后受冲击最为严重的行业,但其所面临的挑战大于机遇。其直接原因在于自身竞争力不足。面对入世后的机遇和挑战,我国石化行业必须针对自身特点和客观条件的变化采取积极的应对措施:通过对我国石化行业进行企业整合,实现强强联合,优势互补,强化集团化经营,培育集团优势,提高产业集中度,增强与跨国公司 Changes in WTO and Sinopec’s market rules have significantly weakened the government’s administrative protection of the domestic petrochemical industry. This undoubtedly poses a serious challenge to the Chinese petrochemical industry in the domestic market, and its market share is at a risk of further declining. However, WTO accession has also provided opportunities for the development of China’s petrochemical industry. The coexistence of opportunities and challenges does not mean that the two are equal. As China’s petrochemical industry compared with foreign counterparts in general do not have comparative advantages, but compared with developed countries, especially those powerful multinationals, it is obviously at a disadvantage. Therefore, in general, although the petrochemical industry does not belong to the most hit industries after its accession to the WTO, its challenges are greater than opportunities. The direct reason is its lack of competitiveness. Faced with the opportunities and challenges after China’s accession to the WTO, China’s petrochemical industry must take proactive measures in response to changes in its own characteristics and objective conditions. By integrating its petrochemical industry in China, the petrochemical industry in China can achieve strong alliances, complement each other’s strengths, strengthen the group operations and nurture Group advantages to improve industrial concentration and enhance cooperation with multinational corporations