Annual Report 2024

China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited Annual Report 2024 93 ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE REPORT (CONTINUED) SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CONTINUED) Talent Attraction, Retention and Development We believe that creating a culture of continuous improvement and providing education opportunity is one of the most essential parts to the Company’s success. The Investment Manager provides opportunities for employees to develop, for example, on-the-job coaching, professional experience sharing sessions, peer cross-trainings, induction programmes, and in-house seminars in an on-going basis. Employees are also encouraged to attend job-related seminars or training courses held by professional organisations or authorities to improve their knowledge and skills about the Listing Rules as well. The Investment Manager believes providing continuous learning opportunities for employees is mutually beneficial and it is expected that employees should be able to bring positive impacts to the Company’s and the Investment Manager’s operations and performance. Percentage of employees trained: Percentage of employees trained in CMCIM (Note 4) 2024 2023 Total All employees 65.00% 61.11% Gender Male 23.08% 27.36% Female 76.92% 72.64% Employee category Investment staff 53.85% 58.05% Back office staff 46.15% 41.95% Average training hours completed per employee: Average training hours completed per employee in CMCIM (Note 4) 2024 Hours 2023 Hours Total All employees 11.05 14.95 Gender Male 5.88 15.00 Female 14.50 14.94 Employee category Investment staff 11.80 13.64 Back office staff 10.25 17.25 Note 4: The data only includes the trainings supported/organised by the Company and the Investment Manager. The training hours data includes those participated by resigned employee but excludes those participated by part-time and temporary employee and related to employee’s self-finance examination leave.