In 2021, COOEC (or referred to as the “Company”) earnestly implemented the spirits of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on work safety, planned pandemic prevention and control and work safety in a coordinated manner, aimed to “take safety and environmental protection to an international leading level”, took the challenging task of implementing the Three-year Action Plan for Special Rectification of Work Safety and improving QHSE management as the starting point, improved the dual prevention mechanism for the management and control of risks and the identification and control of hazards, strengthened the “Six Responsibilities” with respect to work safety, and continuously solidified the foundation for QHSE management.

I. Reshaping the QHSE management system

COOEC reshaped its QHSE management system within the whole organization to fully implement the Three-year Action Plan for the Reform of State-owned Enterprises and its Development Plan for the “14th Five-Year Plan” Period, establish a management system compatible with the needs of its development, and effectively manage and control the risks associated with its operations.

1. Optimization of the framework of QHSE management system from the perspectives of organization and products/services.COOEC reviewed the interfaces between itself and its subsidiaries, reviewed the linkages and processes between its product/service systems and the QHSE management system, reduced the number of system documents, and improved the quality of system documents.

2. Optimization of the framework of QHSE management system from the perspectives of organization and products/services.COOEC reviewed the interfaces between itself and its subsidiaries, reviewed the linkages and processes between its product/service systems and the QHSE management system, reduced the number of system documents, and improved the quality of system documents.

3. Internal audit on the QHSE management system.The internal audit on the QHSE management system covers all subordinate units of COOEC. The audit findings show that the QHSE management system complies with applicable QHSE laws, regulations, standards, and codes.

4. External audit on the QHSE management system performed by DNV GL in 2021. All the audit findings have been addressed and closed. The ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certifications of the QHSE management system are valid.

II. Ensuring work safety

Considering the implementation of the Three-year Action Plan for Special Rectification of Work Safety as a main task and the treatment of major hazards and outstanding issues as a key task, COOEC strengthened safety management and emergency management in an all-round way, promoted standardization, ensured its safe, stable operation, and further improved its fundamental capability to ensure work safety.

1.Doing a good job in pandemic prevention and control in an all-round way

Under the circumstances of continuous prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic, COOEC adheres to the principle of preventing and controlling the pandemic by taking science-based and targeted measures, constantly improves its organization and plan for pandemic prevention and control, strictly implements the grid-based management system, strengthens the fulfillment of responsibilities, ensures the availability of supplies required for pandemic prevention and control, takes effective measures to “prevent the importation of COVID-19 cases and the spread of COVID-19”, strengthens inspection, supervision and guidance, and implements the “five regular controls” and the “three immediate measures” to prevent and control the pandemic. In 2021, COOEC arranged for 1,056 persons to enter or exit China, two foreign ships to enter and operate in China and nine self-owned vessels to exit China and operate overseas, achieved full vaccination coverage (100%) among the people who should be vaccinated, and achieved the “zero infection” goal of pandemic prevention and control in all domestic and overseas workplaces, providing strong support for its stable and orderly operations.

2. Continuing to implement the Three-year Action Plan for Special Rectification of Work Safety

COOEC thoroughly implemented the new safe development philosophy and effectively executed various tasks with respect to the Three-year Action Plan for Special Rectification of Work Safety. In 2021, the Company made preliminary achievements in the implementation of the Three-year Action Plan for Special Rectification of Work Safety and completed 45 challenging tasks, including four tasks urged by the competent supervisory body, one task assigned by the competent construction authority, 23 company-level tasks, and 17 subordinate-level tasks, through regular reporting, regular communication, supervision and inspection, laying a solid foundation for further improvement in 2022.

III. Cultivating a positive safety culture

1. Vigorously launching safety promotion campaigns, constantly strengthening the cultivation of safety culture

COOEC launched a large number of campaigns for safety promotion and safety culture building under the theme of “fulfilling safety responsibility and promoting safe development”. In 2021, the Company carried out more than 1,400 safety education and promotion campaigns, including safety lectures, safety education and training sessions, safety knowledge sharing, hazard identification and safety warning, which involved more than 73 thousand participants. Twenty-one senior officers and managers of the Company participated in some of these campaigns. In addition, the Company prepared and distributed 15,677 safety banners and pamphlets, published 49 articles for safety culture promotion, and launched the “One Safety Slogan for One Crew” campaign covering 403 crews to build a positive safety culture at the crew level.

2. Enhancing QHSE training & education, improving employees’ QHSE capability

In 2021, COOEC enhanced QHSE training with a focus on training sessions for crew foremen and full-time quality and safety management personnel considering its employees’ varying training needs. It conducted more than 30 thousand QHSE training sessions involving over 780 thousand participants. The total number of training hours in 2021 is 1,370 thousand, which is 280% greater than that in 2020. COOEC further improved the QHSE awareness and capability of all employees through these training sessions.