At the Haier Smart Home 2025 Ecological Conference held today, Li Huagang, senior vice president of Haier Group, chairman and president of Haier Smart Home, seemed to respond to the company's recent "mandatory two-day weekend" public concerns at the conference. Li Huagang said, "There were some negative tendencies on the Internet some time ago. I need to explain to everyone here. We have been the Forbes Global Best Employer for 8 consecutive years. Our GE has won the Best Workplace in the United States for three consecutive years. Haier's British company has been rated as the Best Unit in the UK for three consecutive years. These honors are much greater than the honor of any product." Li Huagang said, "We have achieved a multi-cultural and diverse cultural integration. We have acquired many companies in history, and none of them failed." Li Huagang said. Previously, it was reported that Haier Group required employees to "mandatory two-day weekends" and issued an internal notice to fully implement the two-day weekend system, requiring all departments (including R&D, marketing, etc.) to implement two-day weekends, not to come to the company on Saturdays, and the cafeteria does not provide meals. If overtime is required under special circumstances, it must be approved one week in advance. However, the news caused widespread online controversy, and some voices questioned that it "required employees to work overtime at home."