A ceremony was held at Taoxian International Airport in northeast China's Shenyang City on Thursday morning to receive and pay tribute to the remains of 43 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953).
The remains of the fallen soldiers were casketed in Incheon, west of the South Korean capital city of Seoul, and arrived in back in China earlier in the day.
It is the 11th repatriation of CPV martyrs' remains since the signing of a handover agreement between China and South Korea.
Since 2014, the remains of 981 CPV martyrs have been handed over to China, their home country.
Escorted by two J-20 fighter jets of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force, a Y-20 transport aircraft carrying the remains of the martyrs and 495 pieces of belongings of the fallen soldiers landed at the airport at noon.
After the landing of the aircraft, two fire trucks sprayed water along the way to form a water gate, the highest etiquette in the civil aviation industry.
After the relevant preparations on the plane were completed, the guards of honor first escorted the caskets carrying the martyrs' remains off the plane in order, and then to a designated sorting area.
The caskets were carefully cleaned and sorted, all the personnel at the scene sang the Chinese national anthem, and bowed three times to pay tribute to the CPV martyrs. Afterwards, the guards of honor escorted the caskets and the belongings onto military trucks and headed to the Shenyang Cemetery for Martyrs of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.
A burial ceremony for the remains of the CPV martyrs will be held at the cemetery on Friday.
Earlier from 2014 to 2023, South Korea handed over the remains of 938 CPV martyrs, along with their belongings, to China in accordance with international law and humanitarian principles.
Ceremony held for remains of Chinese martyrs in Korean War returned from ROK
Ceremony held for remains of Chinese martyrs in Korean War returned from ROK
Ceremony held for remains of Chinese martyrs in Korean War returned from ROK
Food companies at the ongoing second China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), taking place in Beijing from Tuesday to Saturday, have been making headways in promoting supply chain cooperation toward greener agriculture.
As the world's first national exhibition on supply chains, the CISCE, serves as a platform for companies to exchange opinions and achieve long-term cooperation across supply chains.
Themed "Connecting the World for a Shared Future", this year's expo sees the participation of more than 600 companies, up about 20 percent from last year, according to organizers.
Many world-renowned food and beverage giants demonstrated their years of dedicated cultivation in supply integration at the event, such as Starbucks China, which showcased its full industrial chain, from bean to cup, at the exhibition booth.
"From the plantation, processing, to procurement and delivery, we continuously deepen our industrial and supply chains of coffee," said Jia Ziyi, a barista at Starbucks China.
With an increasing number of global food companies focused on sustainable agriculture, a key focus at the event is using the connectivity that supply chains provide to spread technological innovations in the field.
"Agriculture must do more than feed our world, it must also improve it. To achieve that, it is critical to accelerate innovation, and to make farming more productive and sustainable. We have 150 research centers and 6,500 scientists worldwide," said Fu Su, president of Syngenta Group China.
To promote the development of agricultural supply chains, strengthening interconnectivity cooperation has become an important issue this year.
"This supply chain expo will improve the connections among all the enterprises in the supply chain. Like McDonald's, our supply chain is very long from farm to factory and restaurants. Along all these supply chain, we have collaboration with our suppliers," said Adelaide Gu, chief impact officer for McDonald's China.
"We see a huge success. We see over 100 countries participating, providing not only support but cooperation, extending their arms to cooperate with China, to open doors, to open new venues for supply chains," said Alaa Ezz, secretary-general of the Union of African Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture, and Professions.
The expo, hosted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, covers a floor space of more than 100,000 square meters with six key industrial chains and one exhibition area of Advanced Manufacturing Chain, Clean Energy Chain, Smart Vehicle Chain, Digital Technology Chain, Healthy Life Chain, Green Agriculture Chain and Supply Chain Service Area.
Supply chain expo showcases promising future of green agriculture through connectivity
