As the Double Ninth Festival (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month) approaches, the Labor Union of Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "the Company") carefully planned and launched a heartwarming Double Ninth Festival themed event, "Enduring Double Ninth, Health Companionship." More than ten retired employees and their families were specially invited back to the plant to gather together, reminisce about the past, discuss the company's development, and celebrate the warm festival.
In the morning, the retired employees returned to the familiar plant one after another with joy and anticipation. Old colleagues who had not seen each other for a long time reunited, shaking hands and greeting each other, catching up on old times, creating a warm and rich atmosphere. Accompanied and guided by staff, the retired comrades first visited the company's AI Monitoring Center, where staff demonstrated intelligent applications such as drone operations and aerial photography of the plant, allowing them to intuitively experience the company's development changes and operational achievements in recent years.
Subsequently, everyone took buses to visit the East and West plants. Walking along the plant roads where they had once worked, the familiar workshops, production equipment, and plant scenery evoked rich memories of their youth. The retired comrades stopped from time to time, looking carefully and sharing stories of their hard work and overcoming difficulties in their posts back then. Their words were filled with emotion and pride, and they also deeply felt the vigorous development vitality of the enterprise.
To capture the warmth of the years and recreate the days of hard work, the event specially arranged a "Then and Now in the Same Frame" commemorative segment. Prior to the event, the company collected old photos of retired employees at work. At the event, the retired comrades posed at similar angles and postures to capture the light and shadow of past and present. The alternating old and new photos witnessed the passage of time and engraved the striving trajectory of generations of SOE people who stayed true to their original aspirations and took practical responsibility. A retired comrade remarked emotionally, "The days I spent working here over the years are still vivid in my mind. I never expected the company to still care about us retired employees. I feel especially warm and touched."
After the visit, the company thoughtfully organized an exclusive health consultation event. Before the event began, Xu Ling, Vice Chairman of the Company's Labor Union and Director of the Company Office, extended sincere holiday greetings and best wishes to all retired comrades. She expressed heartfelt gratitude to all retired employees for their years of dedication and silent hard work at their posts, which laid a solid foundation for the company's construction and development. The company will always remember the contributions of its retired employees and will continue to provide thoughtful care services for them in the future, conveying the warmth of the enterprise.
Focusing on the health needs of the elderly, the event specially invited a professional medical team from Qidong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine to provide on-site services. Free basic tests such as blood pressure and blood sugar measurements, TCM syndrome differentiation consultations, and personalized health consultations were offered. At the same time, the medical staff, taking into account the climate characteristics of autumn and winter, held a health science lecture, providing detailed explanations on key topics such as common autumn and winter diseases among the elderly, daily health maintenance, and healthy diets. They patiently answered various health questions raised by the retired employees and taught daily health preservation techniques hand by hand, effectively helping everyone establish a scientific and healthy concept of elderly life.
The warmth lingered on. At noon, the company carefully prepared an exclusive Double Ninth luncheon for the retired comrades. The canteen customized special Double Ninth delicacies, including soft and sweet Double Ninth cake, paired with light and palatable specialty dishes, fully catering to the dietary characteristics of the elderly. During the meal, everyone sat around the table, chatting about the past with smiling faces, as a strong festive atmosphere and warm friendship filled the room.
After lunch, a fun and engaging chrysanthemum tea DIY experience warmly kicked off. Staff had prepared health-promoting ingredients such as chrysanthemum, goji berries, red dates, dried tangerine peel, and osmanthus in advance. The retired comrades enthusiastically mixed and carefully packaged their own health tea bags. Through the hands-on experience, everyone experienced traditional Double Ninth folk culture. While sipping tea and chatting, they recalled the days of hard work in the past. The venue was filled with the fragrance of tea and continuous laughter and joy, fully displaying the tranquility and warmth of the years.
At the end of the event, the company's labor union presented carefully prepared Double Ninth health gifts to the retired comrades, delivering warm care into their hands. This Double Ninth Festival themed event not only allowed the retired employees to spend a warm, fulfilling, and meaningful Double Ninth Festival, but also deeply carried forward the traditional virtue of respecting and caring for the elderly, fully embodying the company's cultural philosophy of "People-Oriented, Common Cause."
In the future, the company will continue to deepen humanistic care, normalize thoughtful services for retired employees, carry forward the spirit of hard work, and gather the strength to forge ahead, making respect and care for the elderly a new trend in the enterprise, allowing every employee to feel a sense of belonging and happiness, and uniting efforts to steadily advance the company's high-quality development.
