Social responsibility system
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 in order to further strengthen the corporate social responsibility management of Ninestar Corporation(002180) (hereinafter referred to as "the company"), promote the high-quality development of the company, actively assume social responsibility, realize the comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development of the company with society and environment, and actively assume social responsibility, according to the company law of the people's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as "the company law") This system is formulated in accordance with the provisions of the securities law of the people's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the "Securities Law"), the guidelines for the governance of listed companies, the guidelines for the standardized operation of listed companies of Shenzhen Stock Exchange and other laws, regulations and normative documents, and in combination with the actual situation of the company.
Article 2 the term "corporate social responsibility" as mentioned in this system refers to the responsibilities of the company to the all-round development of the state and society, natural environment and resources, as well as shareholders, creditors, employees, customers, consumers, suppliers, communities and other stakeholders.
Article 3 while pursuing economic benefits and protecting the interests of shareholders, the company shall actively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of creditors and employees, treat suppliers, customers and consumers in good faith, and actively engage in public welfare undertakings such as environmental protection and community construction, so as to promote the coordinated and harmonious development of the company itself and the whole society.
Article 4 in its business activities, the company shall follow the principles of voluntariness, fairness, compensation for equal value, honesty and credibility, abide by social ethics and business ethics, and accept the supervision of the government and the public. It shall not seek illegitimate interests through illegal activities such as bribery and smuggling, infringe upon other people's intellectual property rights such as trademarks, patents and copyrights, and engage in unfair competition.
Article 5 the company shall actively perform its social responsibility, regularly evaluate the performance of the company's social responsibility, and voluntarily disclose the company's social responsibility report.
Chapter II protection of the rights and interests of shareholders and creditors
Article 6 the company shall continuously improve its corporate governance structure, treat all shareholders fairly, and ensure that shareholders fully enjoy all legitimate rights and interests stipulated in laws, regulations, rules and the articles of association.
Article 7 the company shall optimize the development strategy, highlight and strengthen the main business, shorten the management chain, improve the management and control ability, reasonably allocate resources, reduce operating costs, improve the input-output level, strengthen risk prevention, increase market competitiveness and maximize the interests of shareholders.
Article 8 the company shall actively promote independent innovation and technological progress, establish and improve the technological innovation mechanism, implement the intellectual property strategy, realize the benign interaction between technological innovation and intellectual property, and create benefits for the society and all shareholders.
Article 9 the general meeting of shareholders of the company shall set up a venue, which shall be held in the combination of on-site meeting and online voting. The time and place of the on-site meeting shall be convenient for shareholders to attend.
Article 10 the company shall perform the obligation of information disclosure in strict accordance with relevant laws and regulations, the stock listing rules of Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the company's rules and regulations, treat all investors fairly and do not make selective information disclosure.
Article 11 the company shall formulate long-term and relatively stable profit distribution policies and methods, formulate practical and reasonable dividend schemes, and actively repay shareholders.
Article 12 the company shall ensure the financial stability of the company, ensure the safety of the company's assets and funds, take into account the interests of creditors while pursuing the maximization of the interests of shareholders, and shall not damage the interests of creditors for the interests of shareholders.
Article 13 in the process of business decision-making, the company shall fully consider the legitimate rights and interests of creditors and timely inform creditors of major information related to their creditor's rights and interests; When creditors need to know about the company's finance, operation and management in order to safeguard their own interests, the company shall provide cooperation and support.
Chapter III Protection of employees' rights and interests
Article 14 the company shall strictly abide by the labor law of the people's Republic of China, the labor contract law of the people's Republic of China and other laws on labor and social security, protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees according to law, establish and improve the employment system including salary system and incentive mechanism, and ensure that employees enjoy labor rights and perform labor obligations according to law.
Article 15 the company shall respect the personality of employees, protect their legitimate rights and interests, care for employees, promote the harmony and stability of labor relations, and implement special labor protection for female employees in accordance with relevant national regulations. Employees shall not be forced to work illegally, and shall not be subjected to corporal punishment, mental or physical coercion, verbal insult or any other form of abuse.
Article 16 the company shall establish and improve the labor safety and health system, strictly implement the national labor safety and health regulations and standards, carry out labor safety and health education for employees, provide healthy and safe working and living environment for employees, prevent accidents in the process of labor and reduce occupational hazards to the greatest extent.
Article 17 the company shall follow the principle of distribution according to work and equal pay for equal work, shall not deduct or delay the wages of workers without reason, and shall not reduce the wages and social security of employees by means of pure labor contract arrangement or disguised probation.
Article 18 the company shall not interfere with the freedom of belief of employees, and shall not discriminate against employees in terms of employment, remuneration, training opportunities, promotion, dismissal or retirement on the basis of nationality, race, nationality, religious belief, gender and age.
Article 19 the company shall establish a vocational training system, withdraw and use vocational training funds in accordance with national regulations, actively carry out employee training, encourage and support employees to participate in amateur refresher training, so as to provide more opportunities for employee development.
Article 20 the company shall establish an employee supervisor selection system in accordance with the company law and the articles of association to ensure that employees enjoy full rights in corporate governance; Support the trade union to carry out its work according to law, listen to the opinions of employees through employee congresses and other forms on matters involving the vital interests of employees, such as wages, welfare, labor safety and health, social insurance, and pay attention to the reasonable needs of employees.
Chapter IV Protection of the rights and interests of suppliers, customers and consumers
Article 21 the company shall be honest and trustworthy to suppliers, customers and consumers, shall not rely on false publicity and advertising for profit, and shall not infringe upon the copyright, trademark right, patent right and other intellectual property rights of suppliers and customers. Article 22 the company shall ensure the safety of the goods or services it provides. For goods and services that may endanger personal and property safety, consumers shall be given a true explanation and clear warning, and the correct use method shall be indicated.
Article 23 If the company finds that the goods or services provided by it have serious defects and may endanger the safety of person and property even if they are used correctly, it shall immediately report to the relevant competent authorities and inform consumers, and take measures to prevent hazards.
Article 24 the company shall urge customers and suppliers to abide by business ethics and social ethics, and refuse to sell or use their products to customers or suppliers who refuse to improve.
Article 25 the company shall establish corresponding procedures to strictly monitor and prevent all kinds of commercial bribery activities between the company or employees and customers and suppliers.
Article 26 the company shall properly keep the personal information of suppliers, customers and consumers, and shall not use or resell the above personal information for profit without authorization and permission.
Article 27 the company shall provide good after-sales service and properly handle the complaints and suggestions put forward by suppliers, customers and consumers.
Chapter V environmental protection and sustainable development
Article 28 the company shall formulate overall environmental protection policies according to its impact on the environment, assign specific personnel to be responsible for the establishment, implementation, maintenance and improvement of the company's environmental protection system, and provide necessary human, material, technical and financial support for environmental protection.
Article 29 the company's environmental protection policy shall generally include the following contents:
(i) Comply with the requirements of all relevant environmental protection laws, regulations and rules;
（2） Reduce the consumption of various resources including raw materials, fuels and energy;
（3） Reduce the generation of waste, and recycle and reuse the waste as much as possible;
（4） Try to avoid generating waste that pollutes the environment;
（5） Adopt environmentally friendly materials and designs, technologies and raw materials that can save energy and reduce waste; (6) minimize the negative impact on the environment caused by the development of the company;
（7） Provide training for employees on environmental protection;
（8） Create an environment for sustainable development.
Article 30 the company shall try to adopt equipment and processes with high resource utilization rate and low pollutant emission, and apply economic and reasonable comprehensive waste utilization technology and pollutant treatment technology.
Article 31 the company shall report and register the discharge of pollutants in accordance with the provisions of the national environmental protection department. For the discharge of pollutants exceeding the national or local provisions, the company shall pay the excess discharge fee in accordance with the national provisions and be responsible for the treatment. Article 32 the company shall regularly assign special personnel to check the implementation of environmental protection policies, correct the acts that do not comply with the company's environmental protection policies, and take corresponding remedial measures.
Chapter VI public relations and social public welfare undertakings
Article 33 the company supports Party organizations, trade unions and other organizations to play an active role in the performance of social responsibilities according to law, and strives to create a good atmosphere conducive to the performance of social responsibilities by enterprises.
Article 34 the company shall fully consider the interests of the community in its business activities, and encourage the appointment of special agencies of the trade union committee to coordinate the relationship between the company and the community.
Article 35 the company shall, within its ability, actively participate in social welfare activities such as environmental protection, education, culture, science, health, community construction, poverty alleviation and poverty alleviation in the region where the company is located, so as to promote the development of the region where the company is located.
Article 36 the company shall actively accept the supervision and inspection of government departments and regulatory authorities, and pay attention to the comments of the public and news media on the company.
Chapter VII system construction, supervision and information disclosure
Article 37 the company shall regularly inspect and evaluate the implementation and existing problems of the company's social responsibility system and form a social responsibility report.
Article 38 the company shall establish and improve the incentive and restraint mechanism, encourage honesty and trustworthiness, safeguard the interests of good faith, regularly or irregularly inspect the performance of good faith, and seriously deal with and make rectification in accordance with the rules and regulations if illegal and dishonest acts are found.
Article 39 the company shall attach great importance to the role of news media in publicity and supervision, actively support and cooperate with news media in reporting their own performance of integrity, publicize and praise the integrity deeds of units and employees, and expose and criticize illegal and dishonest acts.
Article 40 the company may publish the telephone number for reporting and supervision to the public, establish smooth supervision channels, facilitate the supervision of investors and the public on their performance of good faith, and effectively improve the supervision ability of investors and the public.
Article 41 the company may disclose the social responsibility report and the annual report at the same time. The content of the social responsibility report shall at least include:
(i) The construction and implementation of social responsibility system on employee protection, environmental pollution, commodity quality and community relations;
（2） Whether there is a gap between the performance of social responsibility and the system and the reasons;
（3） Improvement measures and specific time arrangement.
Chapter VIII supplementary provisions
Article 42 Where there are no provisions in this system, the provisions of relevant laws and regulations shall apply; In case of any conflict with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations, the provisions of relevant laws and regulations shall prevail.
Article 43 the system is applicable to the wholly-owned and holding subsidiaries of the company.
Article 44 the system shall be interpreted by the board of directors of the company.
Article 45 the system shall be implemented from the date of approval by the board of directors of the company.
Board of directors
December 23, 2001
