Amid the current covid challenges comes the May Day holiday, which is supposed to bring a 5-day break for workers in China. While most people are enjoying a relaxing holiday, there is also such a group of people who silently stick to their front-line posts performing relevant duties and shouldering respective responsibilities so as to ensure energy safety and energy supply under the normalized epidemic prevention and control.

Zhu Meng, a crew member of Yankuang Energy Yankuang Logistics Technology Co., Ltd. is checking the sandbox of the 4DD internal combustion locomotive at Dadongzhang preparation site. Luo Xuan, Zhu Meng’s colleague is carefully examining the fuel pipeline of the locomotive. While the world is on break for May Day Holiday, the staffs of Yankuang Logistics still stick to their positions to maintain transportation during holidays, contributing to the guarantee of energy supply. (Wang Dandan, Li Yang)

Yuan Ruhua, a staff of Yankuang Energy Nantun Coal Mine Logistics Service Center’s Cafeteria, said:“ The front-line workers are still performing duties to maintain safety production amid the severe covid situation during the May Day Holiday. Personally, as a staff of the cafeteria, I should also performmy duties well and prepare delicious dishes for our front-line workers. (Zhu Yuting)

At the Great Wall No.3 Coal Mine of Xinwen Mining Inner Mongolia Energy Group Co., Ltd, the medical workers devote themselves to their positions, wearing the white protective suits and working for a continuous 8-hour shift. They strictly abide by covid related orders and swiftly take actions to safeguard the mine area during the holiday. (Li Ying)

At Xinwen Mining Inner Mongolia Energy Hengkun Chemical Co., Ltd, the safety officers are also sticking to their respective posts and strictly controlling safety to ensure safety production. (Yin Zuoling)

Cui Rui, the Hoist driver of Northwest Mining Zhengtong Coal Mining, commented: “ Our company uses the holiday break to conduct hoisting system maintenance, upgrading and optimization. As staff members of the company, we remain at our posts and actively cooperate with maintenance personnel on the installation and commissioning of hoist equipment with a highly concentrated mind for purpose of improving mine safety.” (Jia Junjie) 

At the Dispatching and Command Center for Safety Production of Luxi Ming Tangkou Coal Mining, dispatchers and other staffs are busy and orderly carrying out production dispatching duties. Sticking to posts on holidays, dispatchers and other staffs earnestly coordinate various production procedures and timely eliminate factors endangering production so as to ensure safety production in mines. (Zhai Xiaomeng)

At the methanol workshop of Xinjiang Nenghua Coal Chemicals, Tang Chunge uses a pen and mouse as her “weapons” to adjust indexes and guarantee normal operation of the methanol production system all year round. (Zhang Xianbin)

At the purification workshop of Shandong Energy Chemicals Lunan Chemicals, the technical management personnel is conducting an all round inspection on the safety facilities in plant area with the purpose of identifying and eliminating hidden risks, achieving closed-loop management and ensuring safe and ordered production during the holidays. (Fan Qihua)

In the central control room of Shandong Energy Chemicals Guohong Chemicals, the operators are striving for excellence in system tuning and are celebrating the International Workers’ Day with the practical action of sticking to their posts. (Yingcun)

Shenglu Energy Chemical Industry Alashan (Erdos) New Energy Co., Ltd: For the high-quality and high-standard construction of the first onshore wind power project of Shandong Energy Group, the staffs stick to their posts in the desert, work around the clock, carefully exam the potential safety hazards and check the standards and quality of onsite materials with the hope of keeping industrial development with the times and safeguarding the lucid waters and lush mountains. (Liu Lei)

Shenglu Energy Chemical Industry Lingtai Power Plant: It is the very early morning of the May Day Holiday, the technicians and experts from the Engineering Department is modifying and perfecting the technical specification of EPC bidding document. The project should proceed with no delay and interruption and for this purpose, they have given up many holidays like this one. (Liu Lei)

At 7:30 a.m. on May 1, Xie Xiaoshuai, an employee of Zibo Mining Group Shandong Kangge Energy Technology, came to workshop and started his day shift early after “equipping” himself as usual. As a lathe worker of the company's manufacturing division, Xie Xiaoshuai chose to give up the May Day holiday and remained at his position to ensure the production and processing tasks completed timely. (Yang Deying)

During the May Day Holiday, there is a group female workers interpreting the beauty of working with their actions and they are the staffs of Materials Inspection Room at Linyi Mining Group Shandong Fiberglass Group. These female works stick to their posts and earnestly perform their duties in order to ensure product quality of the Company. As a Chinese saying goes, “Women hold up half the sky”, the female workers shoulder important responsibilities at the Company and greet the holiday in their own way at the front line. (Li Guoqing, Shiqiao)

During May Day Holiday, the exterior electricians of the Power Supply Department of Feicheng Mining Group carried out lines cleaning work in an orderly manner. All employees of the Power Supply Department demonstrated the spirit of defying hardships, remaining true to the original aspiration and perseverance by their concrete actions and interpreted the beauty of labor. (Hu Dawei)

Countless efforts have been made just for one shared goal! To guarantee that the project proceed as scheduled, the constructors of Donghua Construction stick to the front line, shed sweats and perform duties. Pay respect to these constructors and to everyone who persists. (Huang Ying)

At Shandong Energy Heavy Equipment Group Dazu Remanufacturing Co., Ltd., the staffs of the bore molten copper process team chose to give up the holiday break and continued to work at the production line with purpose of completing the production task in accordance with the work schedule and meeting the customer demand, which showcased the spirit of dedication, sacrifice and responsibilities. (Jing Xiangyu)

It is the May Day Holiday and the maintenance workers of Shandong Yankuang Intelligent Manufacturing Co., Ltd. are busy working around ZY650 hydraulic support. Due to tight schedule and heavy tasks, they need to stay at the front line during holiday times. Even though, the maintenance works have demonstrated meticulous work attitude and focused on details of every seemingly simple procedure. For them, Responsibilities are always the top priority. (Wu Qi)

At 8:30 a.m. on May 1, a text message detailed as "Happy May Day Holiday, Thank You for Working Overtime!" popped up in the group chat of Ding EPR operation and maintenance of Yunding Technology Digital Technology Co., Ltd, which signaled the beginning of another busy work day for all technical groups and all group members reported their work progress in the group chat. In order to support the first monthly report for subsidiaries and entities that newly went online as part of the financial information system integration project, Yunding Technology Digital Technology organized its staffs to work overtime amid the holiday so as to ensure that ERP monthly report on financial business and related business can be completed as scheduled. (Liu Zhenguo)

The planning, dispatching and transportation department of Shandong Energy Group Coal Marketing and Trade Co., Ltd, consistently implemented the 24 hour shift system while overcoming the challenges brought by the epidemic and the shortage of staff members, which strongly ensured the safe production, and the smooth flow of coal railroad transportation of Shandong Energy Group and guaranteed the production demand of key customers. (Song Tianqi)

It is the busy figures rushing back and forth,

That touch and warm people;

It is also these busy figures rushing back and forth,

That Constitute the most beautiful scenery in the Holiday.

On this special occasion of the International Workers’ Day,

Let's sing praises of labor,

To all the workers who stick to their posts,

Our sincere respect!