http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2023/0216/c94476-10208681.html

Sinopec is China’s leading petrochemical corporation and operates petrol stations country-wide. At one of its gas stations in Dalian, Liaoning Province, it has now integrated a methanol-based hydrogen production system which provides up to 1000 kg per day of hydrogen gas with a purity of 99.999% . The “five-in-one” filling station offers gasoline, natural gas, electricity, hydrogen and service. Sinopec claims that the cost of producing hydrogen directly at the filling station is 20% less than transporting it from a distant production site.

China has abundant coal reserves but is orienting its energy supply towards clean and renewable energies. As a result, the development of a coal-based chemical value chain including methanol, ethanol or hydrogen are of high priority.

https://www.methanol.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/China-Methanol-Fact-Sheet-1.pdf