PetroChina is the most significant natural gas retailer in China and has a natural gas sales network with coverage across the country.The Company leverages the bridging role of natural gas in energy transition, continuously enhancing its sales and service capabilities in natural gas, contributing to the optimisation of energy consumption structure. In 2024, the Group continued to optimize the business layout and marketing strategy of natural gas business, reasonably allocated domestic and imported resources, overall strategized long-term purchase and spot purchase, as well as endeavored to expand the gross profits of the wholesale business of natural gas. The Group devoted more efforts to exploiting the markets of direct sales and end-users, strengthened the development of natural gas power generation business and continuously improved on the quality of marketing. In 2024, the Group sold 287.753 billion cubic meters of natural gas, representing an increase of 5.2% as compared with 273.548 billion cubic meters for last year, among which 227.833 billion cubic meters were sold in the domestic market, representing an increase of 3.7% as compared with 219.757 billion cubic meters for last year.