Source: www.hebei.com.cn
Qinhuangdao (The Great Wall Network/Reporter Wu Peijian)-- The Sinolion Investment Holding Co., Ltd. (referred to as Sinolion) is a diversified enterprise integrating real estate, auto parts, commercial logistics, tourism research, finance and other sectors, with more than 20 subsidiaries, over 11,000 employees, annual output value of nearly 10 billion yuan, and annual total tax payment of more than 420 million yuan.
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, Sinolion has donated 5.5 million yuan in cash, nearly 300,000 yuan in supplies, 10,000 masks, and provided free nutritional meals for medical workers fighting on the anti-epidemic front line, supporting the epidemic prevention and control in Qinhuangdao. At the same time, it is conducting active dispatch and overall management to guarantee the supply of people’s livelihood and accelerate the resumption of work and production on the premise of good epidemic prevention and control.
Sinolion is holding emergency meeting.
Protect employees with tenderness
Facing the sudden outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, Sinolion held emergency meetings to actively coordinate the resources of each sector of the group to ensure “unified deployment and distribution” so that the supplies of anti-epidemic front line of operation and production can be guaranteed. In addition, the company also granted special subsidies to employees who had been keeping on their posts during the epidemic.
In order to ensure the smooth operation of various industrial sectors during the epidemic, Sinolion carried out the customized prevention and control measures according to the characteristics of each sector. It took measurements such as dining at the post instead of canteen, regularly measuring employees’ temperature at the checkpoint, launching training on the epidemic prevention knowledge, using remote collaborative office system, and establishing quarantine areas, to carry out various works on the premise of ensuring the safety of employees.
In order to alleviate the difficulty of quarantine and residence for outside employees after returning to the city, the company has prepared special quarantine dormitory, bedding and some daily necessities, and delivered meals to solve employees’ problems, fighting the epidemic with tenderness.
Fulfill responsibility to guarantee people’s livelihood
Qinhuangdao Ugrant Commercial Chain Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Ugrant) subsidiary to the Sinolion, covers all districts and counties of Qinhuangdao and Tangshan, with a total business area of 200,000 square meters, more than 5,000 employees, annual sales of 1.5 billion yuan, and over 100,000 operation varieties. Its business involves supermarkets, department stores, electrical appliances, medicine, catering, logistic delivery, staple food processing, and vegetable planting. It is the largest commercial chain enterprise in Qinhuangdao.
During the epidemic, the Ugrant fulfills the responsibility of guaranteeing people’s livelihood, and took the lead in issuing a letter of commitment in the retail industry in Qinhuangdao, to ensure adequate supplies, stable prices, high-quality products, and safe consuming environment, so that people can be assured of shopping.
The Ugrant formulated the prevention and control plans and countermeasures, carried out daily disinfection in the stores, measured employee’s temperature before working, required them to wear masks, and conducted special training, to ensure the health and safety of the personnel. The key places such as shopping mall entrances, elevator handrails, elevator rooms, and public area equipment are disinfected and cleaned, to provide customers with a safe and secure shopping environment.
Supermarket staff is taking body temperature for customers. Photo by Wu Peijian
The staff of Ugrant Supermarket packed and weighed the fruits and vegetables popular among the common people in advance, so as to avoid queuing. Photo by Wu Peijian
The Ugrant’s Internet distribution service “Ugrant e-purchase” orders surged during the COVID-19 epidemic. In order to meet consumers’ demand, Tian Chuangang, chairman and president of Sinolion personally directed and mobilized the official vehicles and volunteers of the group to support the front line, and delivered with the non-contact approach, which not only reduces the risk of virus transmission, but also effectively safeguards the health and safety of the volunteers and customers.
In order to ensure the supplies of people’s livelihood, Tian Chungang made a promise of “preferring loss to price inflation of foods”. At the same time, Ugrant Logistics Branch actively stored goods. Ugrant Pharmacy went all out to guarantee the supplies of drugs and protective equipments, and promised that epidemic-related protective equipments will not increase in price. Ugrant Commerce and Trade spare no efforts to purchase anti-epidemic materials, to provide effective material guarantee for anti-epidemic work.
Shopping malls and department stores shut down due to the epidemic. Based on the principles of actively fighting the epidemic, sharing losses with partners, and coping with difficulties together, Ugrant Department Store implemented a rent reduction policy for department store projects under its jurisdiction to reduce partners’ burden.
Measures to ensure resumption of work
On February 25, the reporter came to Sinolion Industrial Group in Qinhuangdao Economic and Technological Development Zone, which is mainly engaged in the research and development of aluminum alloy wheels, integrating material research and development, equipment, mold research and development, and product testing. It is a leading manufacturer of automotive parts and accessories in the world.
The machining equipment in the workshop is running. Photo by Wu Peijian
Workers are checking the products. Photo by Wu Peijian
Forklifts that transport raw materials are delivering “ammunition” to the workshop in a orderly manner. Many workers are busy in the wheel production line, and automatic mechanical processing equipment is also operating in an orderly manner ...
According to Zhang Dianjie, general manager of Sinolion Industrial Group, at present, all 7 production lines of the Group have resumed production. The number of employees has reached 3,390, and the rate of return to work has reached 95%. In face of the epidemic, Sinolion Industrial Group actively cooperated with governments at all levels and worked closely to achieve “daily inspections and prevention and control” of employees, made plans in outside personnel control, personnel temperature monitoring, labor protection supplies distribution, and job site disinfection, to ensure that the epidemic is preventable and controllable, and promote the resumption of work and production in a stable and orderly manner.
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