A burial ceremony for the remains of 88 Chinese soldiers killed during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53) was held in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Saturday morning. This was the ninth group of remains to be returned to China since Beijing and Seoul signed a repatriation agreement in 2014.

Multinational consumer goods companies are reporting sterling results in China, a market buoyed by a growing army of consumers with enhanced spending power, appreciation of good value and openness to novel ideas, experts said. French cosmetics giant L"Oreal Group said its growth in the Chinese mainland last year was double the average of the overall beauty products market, according to the company's annual report released last week. In the quarter ended December, L'Oreal China achieved year-on-year growth of more than 50 percent compared with 2019 in pre-COVID days. The North Asia zone, which is centered in Shanghai and also encompasses

  Largest airline group in Europe adopts solutions to cut carbon emissions Lufthansa Group, the largest airline group in Europe, is making strides on its carbon neutrality goals while registering the first profitable quarterly performance since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its steps included adopting new technologies in aircraft coating to boost fuel efficiency, investing in sustainable aviation fuels and introducing carbon compensation options for customers, said Chen Qian, head of Lufthansa Group Airlines China. "In China, customers now have the choice of what approach they want to use to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from their flight," said Chen,