ESG Report 2024

9.1 Building a Diverse Talent Team We have always believed that the contribution of our employees is the cornerstone of the Group's sustainable growth and that building a professional, efficient and reliable team is the key to the success of our business. In order to consolidate the foundation of our development, since our establishment, we have been committed to creating a safe and efficient working environment with full growth opportunities for our employees to realise their full potential and self-worth. Adhering to the “People-Oriented” principle, the Group insists on investing resources in staff nurturing and development, while providing a safe, comfortable and harmonious working atmosphere, so that “Professionalism and Efficiency” will continue to drive the sustainable development of the Group in the future. During the Year, we have set strategic objectives for human resources development, focusing on the overall development of the enterprise. By optimising team configuration, enhancing management capabilities, strengthening the reserve of outstanding talents and introducing high-end talents, we were awarded the “Hong Kong and Macao Young Talent Internship and Practice Base”, which further demonstrated the Group's outstanding performance in talent cultivation. As an enterprise with innovative research and development and high-quality products as its core competencies, the knowledge, creativity and performance of our employees are crucial to the Group's competitive edge. In order to attract new recruits and retain excellent talents, the Group strictly complies with relevant laws and regulations and has established a comprehensive recruitment system to reserve talents for corporate development. In addition, we have established a performance appraisal and promotion system to provide our employees with clear career development paths and promotion opportunities to motivate them to make continuous progress. 9.1.1 Employee Recruitment The Group has a well-established recruitment process and utilises various channels to attract talents, including official websites, recruitment platforms and university recruitment activities. In order to build up a high-quality talent pool, we conduct preliminary interviews, written tests and retests for candidates according to the needs of different positions, as well as practical tests where necessary, to ensure that the new recruits possess the basic knowledge and skills required for the positions and meet the various standards of academic qualifications, work experience, competence, psychological qualities, health conditions and professional ethics. In order to strengthen its talent pool and expand its talent pipeline, the Group actively cooperates with multiple universities to sign talent cultivation agreements and holds regular recruitment talks on campus at universities to recruit quality graduates who meet the Company's needs. In addition, the Group has launched an internship training programme with the aim of nurturing and reserving future talents for the Company. 56 Labour Law of the People’s Republic of China Labour Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China Recruitment Measures for the Management of Recruitment Measures for the Management of Labour Contract Employee Handbook Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2024 The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited Aspects Relevant Laws, Regulations and Guidelines Internal Policies Industry-University Collaboration - Promoting Win-Win Cooperation in "Industry, Academia, and Research” Leaders from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Lanzhou University visited Inner Mongolia Company, and both parties started in-depth communication on organic synthesis of pharmaceutical intermediates, raw materials and innovative drugs, and reached a consensus on long-term scientific research cooperation. Leaders of the college introduced in detail the faculty strength, talent cultivation mode and the results of industry-academia-research cooperation, while The United Laboratories shared the company's production and operation, product network, R&D demand and talent development plan. The two sides fully explored the optimisation of intermediate synthesis route, process improvement, technology upgrading and talent introduction and training, and formed a preliminary cooperation plan. Through this exchange, both sides agreed that there is a wide space for cooperation in the fields of pharmaceutical intermediates synthesis, raw materials research and development, innovative drug development and joint training of talents, etc. The university-enterprise cooperation will give full play to their respective strengths, focus on scientific research and the transformation of results, establish a long-term cooperation mechanism, jointly promote the deep integration of industry, academia and research, and help enterprises restructuring and upgrading and high-quality development. This visit has laid a solid foundation for deepening the cooperation between the two sides, and also provided strong support for the implementation of subsequent specific projects. The Group's Retirement Management System The United Laboratories Cadre Management System The United Laboratories Organisational Management System Employee Re-Employment Management System