In the past ten years, China Eastern has made tremendous progress in 
high-quality development with its airlines as the core business. At present, it 
has more than 100,000 employees and is the seventh-largest airline in the 
world. China Eastern has extended its route network to 1062 destinations in 170 
countries and regions around the world, which can provide air travel services 
for 150 million people annually.

Ordinary people in China Eastern from different countries and different types 
of work, sharing the same blue sky dream, witness and contribute to the growth 
of the company, and find greatness in everyday work.

Here we have a five-star captain who has flown safely for nearly 20,000 hours, 
recent influencers -- aircraft maintenance crew called "airplane bye-bye man" 
on social media, the flight attendant with top skills competing for world 
events, and the sky chef who traveled from afar to pursue his dream here. These 
ordinary people shape new momentum for the development of China Eastern with 
their experience, participation and witness.

Wang Xiaoyong: The Escort of Chinese Vaccines 

Captain Wang Xiaoyong was still very proud when he recalled the chartered 
intercontinental flight he flew in 2021 for China's first all-cargo aircraft to 
transport COVID-19 vaccines. As a five-star captain, he led the team to send 
"hope" as quickly as possible. When the flight carrying 1.05 million COVID-19 
vaccines and syringes was about to arrive in Dominica, the Dominica air traffic 
controller said "Thank you China, thank the cabin crew, and thank the Chinese 
vaccine" via the Air-Ground Channel. At that moment, he truly felt the lofty 
mission and responsibility of his career which narrows the distance between 
mountains and seas around the world.

Joao Carlos Juliani: The Brazilian Captain finds a taste of home in China's 
Three Gorges

Juliani has been working in China for nearly 10 years and heard passengers 
talking about oranges as delicious as his hometown in Zigui county, the 
hometown of navel oranges in China, during flights all over the world. So he 
took an in-depth trip to the county, also Qu Yuan's hometown, and got a taste 
of home there. By working with fruit farmers and seeing how China's modern 
agriculture and e-commerce work, he witnessed the better life of Chinese people 
after rural revitalization as well as the magnificent Yangtze River, the 
majestic Three Gorges Dam, and the splendid Chinese culture.

Fraceschini Martina: Inheritor of Marco Polo

Martina from the Rome Business Department has loved Chinese culture since 
childhood, and gave herself a nice Chinese name Ma Huixin, hoping to have a 
heart of wisdom. Being fluent in both Chinese and Italian, she often proudly 
introduces her work to friends and clients, "It took Marco Polo 4 years to 
travel from Rome to China. Now, with our China Eastern Airlines flight, all you 
need to do is to sleep soundly on the A350 wide-body aircraft, and then wake up 
in Shanghai with a view of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower." During the COVID-19 
pandemic, she participated in several flight supports, and the most memorable 
one was the first China medical flight carrying 9 Chinese medical experts and 
31 tons of epidemic prevention supplies, which reflected the long-lasting 
friendship between China and Italy, two ancient civilizations.

Ludwig Strobel: German Sky Chef's Journey to Eastern Flavor

Ludwig from Germany has been the executive chef for many years and in the 
western food industry for 40 years. Since joining Shanghai Eastern Air Catering 
Company, he has been studying the integration of Chinese and Western culinary 
cultures, and achieved continuous breakthroughs in cuisine innovation. Aviation 
is the bridge of culture, and taste is the bond of emotion. Together with his 
Chinese colleagues, he created a Chinese-Western in-flight meal, so that both 
Chinese and Western passengers could enjoy a feast of taste buds on China 
Eastern flights.

Chen Yifan: The breakthrough in World Skills Competition inspires research and 
development in training

Chen Yifan, the flight attendant training instructor of the R&D Center, once 
participated in the 44th World Skills Competition on behalf of China and won 
the restaurant service project award, achieving a zero breakthrough for the 
Chinese team in this project.

She used the international service concept and skills learned in World Skills 
to promote the company's service standards, and designed the "Exclusive 
Journey" service course to improve the front-line service skills and better 
serve passengers from all over the world.

Yuan Zhexun: Aircraft "heart" specialists with ingenuity and innovation

Yuan Zhexun, an aircraft engine engineer, has been working on aircraft "heart" 
health testing for eight years. He detects the internal condition of the engine 
by borescope technology to quickly find and measure defects, as well as assists 
in quality control. Moreover, he uses historical detection data as support to 
iterate the image detection algorithm of the deep neural network, accurately 
diagnose the health of the engine by AI technology, and make more accurate 
maintenance decisions so as to make the "heartbeat" of the aircraft steady.

Zhan Xiuxia: Black technology enhances smart travel at Daxing Airport

Beijing Daxing International Airport, the new gateway, was officially put into 
use on September 25, 2019. Zhan Xiuxia, a ground service staff who has more 
than ten years of first-line experience, is often amazed at the scenes used to 
see in science fiction movies become a part of daily life. Here at Daxing, the 
staff of China Eastern wears smart glasses to serve inbound and outbound 
passengers. With this device, they can quickly find passengers who have not 
boarded the plane, identify their flight information by facial recognition, and 
remind them of security checks and boarding. At the same time, passengers only 
need "one ID" and scan faces to complete the whole process from security checks 
to boarding, which making travel intelligent and efficient and greatly 
improving the service quality.

Diego Benedetto: The Italian Captain's "Chinese Life"

40 years ago, Italian pilot Diego came to China for the first time because of a 
flight mission. After 40 years, he came to China again and chose to continue 
his career with China Eastern Airlines. He was impressed by the tremendous 
development of China over the past 40 years and said, "Now I live in China, it 
feels like living in the future. China is the future, and I look forward to 
flying aircraft made in China around the globe."

Magand Lucine Mathilde: Shanghai story of French Stewardess

Lucine, a French girl who loves Chinese language, has studied Chinese at 
Shanghai Jiaotong University for 3 years. Being able to speak fluent Chinese is 
the best key for her to integrate into a city. In Shanghai, she not only found 
the other half of her life, but also became a stewardess of China Eastern 
Airlines. "There are more and more flights between China and France, which 
proves that the relationship between the two countries is getting better and 
better, and the distance between the two countries is getting closer and 
closer," she said. That is also the reason she chose a job as a flight 
attendant. She has witnessed the distance between China and France is getting 
closer and closer through the "air bridge".

Tomoko Setoguchi: Two-decade work for the rainbow bridge between China and Japan

Tomoko Setoguchi has worked in the Kagoshima Business Department of China 
Eastern Japan Branch for 20 years. She likes Shanghai very much, and she feels 
so lucky that her work in China Eastern improves the connection of her hometown 
Kagoshima with Shanghai, one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, and 
the two cities could share development opportunities. In the past 20 years, she 
has been committed to bringing more Japanese friends to see a real China.

Source: China Eastern Airlines