An honest note about coordinates in China
China requires published maps to use a shifted coordinate system, and OpenStreetMap data for the country is affected by it in ways that vary by contributor. A pin can therefore sit a few hundred metres from the forecourt it describes. This is worth knowing before trusting any open map inside China, including this one.
What the count is, and is not
It is the number of Sinopec-tagged forecourts inside the cities Refuelia has counted, with the date. It is not a national figure — Sinopec operates far more sites than any open dataset records — and the page says "at least" throughout for that reason.
Questions drivers actually ask
Why is the brand shown in Chinese?
Because that is the tag on the map. Refuelia normalises it to one chain but does not overwrite what mappers wrote.
Are the pins accurate in China?
Less reliably than elsewhere, because of the national coordinate offset. Treat a Chinese pin as approximate.
Other chains on this map
- Orlen stations, counted
- Pemex stations, counted
- Indian Oil stations, counted
- Engen stations, counted
- Pertamina stations, counted
- Circle K stations, counted
Every one of these pages is built the same way and carries the same warning: the number is what has been counted in the cities this map covers, not a national total, and it says "at least" for that reason. See how we work out confidence for the arithmetic behind the freshness figures, and open the live map to filter by fuel grade.