A help in need is a salvation indeed. A simple greeting can?soothe an ?injured ?soul ?and ?timely ?aid ?can ?free ?a ?family ?from?great difficulties.
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Ren ?Xirang, ?employed ?by ?the ?Concentrating ?Mill ?of?CNMC ?Luanshya ?Copper ?Mines ?Plc ?(CNMC ?Luanshya) ?in?October ?2009, ?had ?served ?as ?its ?senior ?meter engineer and?deputy ?manager. ?In ?March ?2013, ?as ?a ?Chinese ?employee ?of ?an?overseas enterprise of CNMC, Ren Xirang, through application,?became ?a ?member of ?the ?employee ?medical assistance ?fund ?of?CNMC ?(China ?Nonferrous ?Metal ?Mining ?(Group) ?Co., ?Ltd.)?enterprises in Beijing. His labor contract with CNMC Luanshya?should have expired by October 2013 if things had been normal.?However, in July ?2013, four ?months after his admission to the?medical ?assistance ?fund, he ?was ?found ?with ?a ?cancerous ?left?kidney during a regular physical examination. Further diagnosis?confirmed that he suffered from left kidney cancer, together with?metastasis to pleura and liver. On July 11, 2013, he received the?left ?kidney removal ?surgery. ?From ?the ?surgery ?to ?December?2013, ?his ?treatment ?had entailed ?a ?large ?sum ?of ?expenses,?including ?over ?220,000 ?RMB ?from ?himself. ?Facing ?him ?were?also endless fees for follow-up treatment. Ren Xirang has a son?in college and his wife receives a retirement pension of only 600?RMB ?per ?month. ?The ?family, ?which ?is ?by ?no ?means ?rich, is?suddenly under a huge economic pressure.
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Hearing ?the ?news, ?the ?labor ?union ?of ?CNMC ?took ?active?actions to offer help. Based on the report by CNMC Luanshya?and ?the ?actual ?conditions ?of ?Mr. ?Ren Xirang, ?CNMC finally?granted 160,000 RMB of medical assistance subsidy to Mr. Ren?Xirang. ?The ?money ?had ?been ?appropriated ?to ?his ?personal?account by the Spring Festival. Mr. Ren and his family truly feel?the warmth from the enterprise.
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In ?fact, ?employees ?of ?the ?overseas ?enterprises ?of ?CNMC?have ?always ?been ?receiving ?the ?care ?and ?solicitude ?from ?the?holding ?group. ?In ?early ?2013, ?the ?labor ?union ?of CNMC?convened a meeting of chiefs of CNMC overseas enterprises for?discussing the way of including overseas enterprises of CNMC?in the assistance fund of the enterprises of CNMC in Beijing and?making the fund cover all Chinese employees working overseas.?Registered in host countries, the overseas enterprises are subject?to the laws of these countries and their Chinese employees are?under ?certain ?restriction ?in ?joining ?medical ?assistance fund.Thanks ?to ?the ?joint efforts by ?the ?labor ?union ?and ?overseas?enterprises ?of ?CNMC, conditions have ?been ?finally ?created ?to?enable the Chinese employees of CNMC overseas enterprises to?join the fund on a voluntary basis, which greatly relieved them?of the fear of major diseases. By paying a little sum of premium?to ?the ?medical ?assistance ?fund, the employees ?are ?entitled ?to?great help from CNMC when they need the help the most. Mr.Ren Xirang had the first-hand experience of the benefit from the?fund. He said: “The assistance fund conveys the love of CNMC?to me. It rekindles my hope for life. I will do my best to make?the treatment effective and try to win the war on the disease and?return to my post as soon as possible. I really want to do my part?for achieving our company’s leap-forward development.”
