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          China Communications Services Corporation Limited Annual Report 2015
        
        
          
            ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND
          
        
        
          
            GOVERNANCE REPORT
          
        
        
          
            HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
          
        
        
          
            Employment
          
        
        
          The Group had an average of 109 thousand employees in 2015. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities
        
        
          and protecting the rights of female employees. Amongst our employees, 25% are aged 29 or below, 49% are aged 34 or below,
        
        
          and 66% are aged 39 or below. Our employees are located primarily in the PRC with certain located in the other districts such as
        
        
          Africa and Southeast Asia. Our employees are divided into contract employees, dispatched employees, part-time employees and
        
        
          other employees.
        
        
          We have actively refined our employment structure in accordance with the relevant national labour management laws and
        
        
          regulations. The Group implements strict recruitment and employment policies and has not been involved in child or forced
        
        
          labour.
        
        
          We consider our employees as an important resource, attach much importance to safeguarding their interests, offer competitive
        
        
          remuneration packages and pay the relevant insurance. We established corporate annuity mechanism and our employees are
        
        
          entitled to national statutory holidays. We are committed to the career development of our employees and offer two different
        
        
          promotion paths for them — promotion for management functions and promotion for technical expertise. We implement a
        
        
          system that links our employees’ remuneration and promotion to their work experience, capabilities and performance, which
        
        
          incentivises their proactivity.
        
        
          The Group proactively cares about its employees and provides diverse solutions to address their requests on their work and life.
        
        
          We equip our base level operational units with the necessary production and living facilities, and continue to refine our poverty
        
        
          alleviation mechanism to help our employees with difficulties. In 2015, we addressed 1,347 issues and helped 1,362 employees
        
        
          in difficulties with relief funds of RMB2.57 million.
        
        
          
            Development and Training
          
        
        
          We attach great importance to training and have established a three-tier training system covering the headquarters, provincial
        
        
          companies and professional companies to teach knowledge and skills according to the practical situations of our employees.
        
        
          100% of the senior and middle management have attended the trainings, whilst over 90% of other employees have attended. In
        
        
          addition, the Group attaches great importance to the skill advancement of its employees and encourages them to participate in
        
        
          trainings and examinations proactively.