The Swire Group is a highly diversified global business group, with its principal areas of operation in the Asia Pacific region and centred on the Greater China area. The Group is engaged principally in Property, Beverages & Food Chain, Aviation, Marine Services and Trading & Industrial, as well as new area of healthcare. Today, the Group's business areas in the Chinese Mainland comprise property investment and management, Coca-Cola bottling production and distribution, food manufacturing and distribution, scheduled airline passenger services and air cargo, aircraft engineering and maintenance services, deep-sea shipping, sports and lifestyle footwear and apparel wholesaling and retailing, with nearly 40,000 employees.