2012 Annual Report - ZTE

ANNUAL REPORT 2012At the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2013 of the Company held on 7 March 2013, Mr. Chang Qing andMs. Xu Weiyan were elected Shareholders’ Representative Supervisors of the Sixth Session of the SupervisoryCommittee of the Company. On 28 February 2013, Mr. Xie Daxiong, Ms. He Xuemei, Mr. Zhou Huidong wereelected Staff Representative Supervisors of the Sixth Session of the Supervisory Committee of the Companythrough democratic elections by the staff representatives of the Company. The term of office of the Sixth Sessionof the Supervisory Committee of the Company shall commence on 30 March 2013 and end on 29 March 2016.For details of the term of office of Supervisors of the Sixth Session of the Supervisory Committee, please refer tothe “Announcement of Resolutions of the First Extraordinary General Meeting of 2013” published by the Companyon 7 March 2013.(VIII) INFORMATION OF GROUP EMPLOYEESAs at the end of the year, the Group had 78,402 employees (Including 65,437 as employees of the parent company),with an average age of 32. There were 85 retired employees, including 33 retired employees in respect of whichexpenses were payable by the Company.1. Classification by specialisation as follows:SpecialisationHeadcountAs an approximate percentageof total headcountR&D 29,764 38.0%Marketing and sales 11,867 15.1%Customer service 14,104 18.0%Manufacturing 15,553 19.8%Financial 820 1.1%Administration 6,294 8.0%Total 78,402 100.0%Financial1.1%Administration8.0%Manufacturing19.8%R&D38.0%Customer service18.0%Marketing and sales15.1%117