The remains of 43 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) soldiers who lost their lives during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were returned to China on Thursday from the Republic of Korea (ROK).
It is the 11th repatriation of CPV martyrs' remains since the signing of a handover agreement between China and the ROK. This new batch brings the total number of returned remains to 981.
A Y-20 aircraft of the Chinese Air Force carrying the remains and 495 pieces of belongings of the fallen soldiers landed at the Shenyang Taoxian International Airport in northeast China's Liaoning Province.
Escorted by two J-20 fighters, the plane was given a "water salute" at the airport.
A burial ceremony for the remains will be held at the Shenyang Cemetery for Martyrs of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea on Friday.
Before the plane left for Shenyang, a handover ceremony was held at the Incheon International Airport, west of South Korea's capital Seoul, on Thursday morning.
From 2014 to 2023, the two countries, in accordance with international laws and humanitarian principles, successfully handed over the remains of 938 CPV martyrs, along with related artifacts.
Remains of 43 CPV martyrs back to homeland
Remains of 43 CPV martyrs back to homeland
Remains of 43 CPV martyrs back to homeland
Remains of 43 CPV martyrs back to homeland
The Nasdaq Dubai Exchange in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), held a bell-ringing ceremony on Wednesday for the listing of two billion-U.S. dollar sovereign bonds issued by China's Ministry of Finance.
Zhang Yiming, Chinese Ambassador to the UAE, Hamed Ali, CEO of Nasdaq Dubai and Dubai Financial Market (DFM) along with other officials and guests attended the ceremony. It also marks a milestone as the first time China has listed its sovereign bonds in the Middle East.
Of the total, the issuance of three-year bonds stood at 1.25 billion U.S. dollars in value with an interest rate of 4.284 percent, and the issuance of five-year bonds totaled 750 million U.S. dollars with a yield of 4.340 percent. So far, the total subscription amount has exceeded the issue amount by nearly 20 times.
Zhang said that through cooperation in the investment and financial fields, China-UAE pragmatic cooperation will become closer with broader prospects in the future.
"The Chinese government chose Nasdaq Dubai to issue its first sovereign bonds. I think it not only reflects the depth of cooperation between China and the UAE in the field of investment and financing, it is also important to reflect our China's active support for the efforts of Dubai and the UAE to build itself into a regional financial hub and promote the construction of orderly and open financial markets," said the ambassador.
Hamid Ali said that this listing is an important milestone in the continued cooperation between Nasdaq Dubai and international issuers
"One of the key connections that we enjoy here in Dubai is the relationship with Asia Pacific which is one of the most growing jurisdictions of the past two years," he said.
Nasdaq Dubai celebrates China's listing of 2 bln-USD sovereign bonds
