China's Central government regulated after the May 12th Sichuan earthquake that all dead bodies of the victims should be well preserved and identified before being cremated（vt.火葬, 焚化） or buried.

　　For those that have not been identified yet, specialists should use recordable numbers for them, together with their photographs and DNA information. This regulation has received warm public reflection across the country.

　　The Beijing News says that to pay tribute to the dead shows respect for living lives. As the rescue and relief workers are busy saving lives and looking after injured people, they've also spared extra efforts to carefully deal with the bodies.

　　As all lives end in deaths, treating bodies carefully is the best way to commemorate（vt.纪念） the victims who once led wonderful lives.

　　The paper goes on to say that paying respect to the dead brings great conciliation to their surviving family members and friends.

　　Survivors could see that the world is full of love and strengthen even though natural disasters have cost the lives of their beloved.

　　In this way, the paper notes, people survived could rebuild their trust in the society and regain courage for their future.

　　During the intense rescue process after the tremor, Japanese rescue workers mourned for two victims, and Russian rescue workers spent ten hours digging out a body to avoid wrecking it.

　　The paper stresses that paying respect to the dead not only accords with the professional spirit of rescue workers, but also accords with the common value of all civilized human beings.