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Sun Fei, a journalist from Zhonggong Network

"I have made a lot of preparations for my child, but I see that their site has more complete items. Moreover, the volunteers have also prepared fans and water for our parents, which surprised me and I am also very grateful." Ms. Wang, a parent who accompanied her child to attend the college entrance examination outside the Beijing 101 China Petroleum Branch, said.

The annual college entrance examination kicked off on June 7th, and the "Warm Companion Examination" service provided by the Beijing Federation of Trade Unions in 2023 arrived as scheduled. More than 150 employee volunteer service teams and over a thousand employee volunteers have set up 44 service stations for the college entrance examination in 16 districts of the city, Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone, and Hebei Shougang, directly reaching the forefront of the college entrance examination. They provide services to candidates, accompanying parents, and frontline employees serving the college entrance examination throughout the entire period of the exam.

The Dongqiao Campus of Beijing Chenjinglun Middle School, located in Chaoyang District, is one of the examination venues for this year's Beijing college entrance examination. On the first day of the college entrance examination, around 8 o'clock in the morning on June 7th, an hour before the exam officially began, there was already a surge of people at the school gate. The Beijing Federation of Trade Unions has set up a "Warm hearted Companion Examination" volunteer service station outside the school gate. The staff set up a simple square sunshade tent, and the table under the tent was filled with exam equipment, bottled water, wet wipes, rain gear, emergency bags, and other items for candidates and accompanying parents to access at any time.

"This is the 9th year that the Beijing Federation of Trade Unions has assisted the college entrance examination with their 'heartwarming companion' service." Ling Hao, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Workers' Service Center of the Beijing Federation of Trade Unions, who participated in the service on this site, introduced to a reporter from China Industry Network that this year's theme is' Sailing on the Boat ', symbolizing the wish for candidates to achieve excellent results through their hard work, and thus open up a more brilliant future. ". The Municipal Federation of Trade Unions has set up a total of 44 "accompanying examination service stations" for the college entrance examination in 16 districts, development zones, and Hebei Shougang in the city, to meet the service needs of parents of candidates from different regions to the greatest extent possible.

Volunteers at the "Warm Heart Accompanying Exam" volunteer service station distribute drinking water and other items to candidates. Photo by Sun Fei, a journalist from Zhonggong Network

"The new feature of the" Warm Heart Accompanying Examination "volunteer service in Haidian District in 2023 is to increase the service to frontline workers such as traffic police, auxiliary police, and environmental sanitation workers while serving candidates and accompanying parents. The relevant person in charge of the Haidian District Federation of Trade Unions told China Industry Network reporters that the Haidian District Federation of Trade Unions has also set up a" Warm Heart Accompanying Examination "volunteer service station at the Beijing 101 China Petroleum Branch south of Tsinghua East Road, and the trade union is committed to providing more targeted services to society.". "As builders and service providers of urban civilization, traffic police and sanitation workers also face direct tests from high temperatures and rainy weather, which is very difficult," said the relevant person in charge of the Haidian District Federation of Trade Unions.

"I came over after 5 o'clock in the morning!" Liu Xin, the manager of the Xueyuan Road branch of Beijing Chaoshifa Chain Co., Ltd., has been participating in the "Warm Heart Companion Exam" volunteer service activity organized by the regional trade union for four consecutive years. As an experienced "accompanying examiner", Liu Xin can be said to have rich experience: "Although the college entrance examination only officially starts at 9 o'clock, because candidates have been entering the exam since 7 o'clock, we need to prepare in advance."

Liu Xin's branch is only about 1 kilometer away from Beijing 101 China Petroleum Branch, and most of the bottled water, exam equipment, and other items placed at the "Warm Companion Exam" service point are transported from Liu Xin's branch nearby.

The staff of the "Warm Heart Companion Exam" volunteer service station distribute "Companion Exam Kits" to accompanying parents. Photo by Wang Yimeng, a journalist from Zhonggong Network

Iron marquees, raincoats, notebooks, stress relieving toys... Several accompanying parents opened the red "accompanying exam bags" distributed by Liu Xin, which contained more than ten well made accompanying exam items that were praised.

The "Warm Heart Bag" is blue and contains multiple practical items such as a storage bag, fan, mask, card raincoat, etc.

During the 2023 Beijing college entrance examination, the temperature in most areas of the city was high, generally above 30 degrees Celsius around noon, and there were sudden showers in some areas. However, the staff responsible for providing security and guidance services outside the examination room were responsible and needed to remain on duty.

In Xicheng District, Beijing Normal University Second Affiliated Middle School, located on the east side of Beijing Normal University, is also one of the service centers for the college entrance examination provided by the labor union's "heartwarming companion examination". Jia Xiaoguang, Vice Chairman of the Desheng Street Federation of Trade Unions, introduced, "In order to prepare for the service of the college entrance examination, our regional trade union recruited volunteers from over a thousand regional enterprise trade union units. For example, at the" Warm Heart Companion Examination "volunteer service station of Beijing Normal University Second Affiliated Middle School, there are about 15 union staff and volunteers, who can provide timely and thoughtful services to candidates, parents, and other staff."

In addition to the district and industry trade union service teams, the 2023 "Warm Heart Companion Examination" employee volunteer service project has also mobilized street trade union service stations, employee warm heart relay stations, enterprise employee homes and other trade union organizations to provide their own service positions, and has also received widespread support from social forces. The Capital Employee Volunteer Oriental Fashion Service Team and the Aier Yingzhi Ophthalmology Hospital Service Team provided supplies such as sunshade umbrellas, tents, and emergency kits; The New Moon Love Racing Team also opened multiple love delivery routes during the college entrance examination period, providing one-on-one car services; Beijing Lianjia has opened over a hundred stores around various examination centers in the city as "companion examination" service stations

It is reported that the Beijing Federation of Trade Unions has produced and distributed 4000 "companion exam packages" to parents of candidates this year, and distributed 1500 "heartwarming packages" to frontline employees serving the college entrance examination, covering 90 units in the city.