Caring for employees

The Group sticks to the principle of “Good and Practical Deeds for Employees”, paying attention to various living needs of employees and creating family culture with actions. The Group customizes multiple working suits and safety necessities according to the requirements by the employees, and provides free shuttle buses between the company and downtown for employees to facilitate their commuting, builds economical canteen for employees and provides meal subsidies to ensure balanced meals and their nutrition. In 2023, the Group continued to implement the rule of “free lunch for workers in the mines” to ensure they can have hot and good meals. Since 2021, the Group has prepared birthday cakes and gifts for each employee. Air conditioners have been installed in all employee dormitories. Canteens have added a variety of night snacks and stir-fries, and provided free green bean soup for outdoor workers in summers, to create a warm “home” for employees from all aspects.

In 2020, the Group improved the living conditions of the staff home located in Dafanpu Coal Mine. It has a gross floor area of over 7,000 square meters and a total of 8 storeys, which are divided into two parts, namely the indoor sports hall area and the staff dormitory area. The indoor stadium area has an area of 1,820 square meters with various sports and entertainment facilities in the hall and is open to employees free of charge. There are 81 dormitory rooms in the dormitory area, all of which are equipped with standard toilets, and couple rooms, visiting rooms, single rooms and double rooms are set up in the dormitory area. The couple room is specially designed for outstanding couple workers who both work in the mine, while the visiting room is designed for workers who are away from their homes, so that their relatives could come and visit the mine. The gymnasium continues to be open to employees free of charge, and at the same time, a yoga room has been added to enrich the spare time of the female workers of the coal mine. In 2021, the staff kitchen and convenience service center have been opened to provide more convenient services for employees.

The Group makes great efforts to build active corporate culture and strengthens employees’ sense of belonging to the Company. The Group organizes various cultural and sports activities. In 2023, the Group organized a variety of activities, including the 2022 Year-end Award Ceremony, solving riddles on the Lantern Festival, coal mine voluntary tree planting activity by leaders of the Group (2023 was the 11th year of voluntary tree planting, with a total of over 100,000 trees planted), Qinhuangdao Hiking activity, Mount Wutai blessing activity, Party Founding Day themed activities on July 1st, staff sports competition, fun sports games cum tug of war, collection of strange stones and home-made gifts for the Mid-Autumn Festival to care their family members, voluntary grape picking, staff birthday benefits, yoga training course and employee technical skills competition to enrich the spare time of employees.