Jin Guanping: Joining Hands to Promote Global Industrial Chain and Supply Chain Cooperation

On June 22nd, the 4th China International Supply Chain Promotion Expo with the theme of "Connecting the World, Creating a Shared Future" opened in Beijing. 676 domestic and foreign chain owners, specialized and innovative enterprises, and industry institutions from 85 countries, regions, and international organizations joined hands with upstream and downstream partners in the production and supply chain to participate in the exhibition. The proportion of foreign exhibitors reached 36.5%, with over 65% of the world's top 500 companies and industry leaders participating. The enthusiasm for exhibiting is unprecedentedly high, which highlights the strong demand for global industrial and supply chain cooperation; On the other hand, it also indicates that China, as an important link in the global industrial chain and supply chain, has always contributed to deepening global industrial chain and supply chain cooperation and building an open world economy through practical actions.

China has always been a stable anchor for the global industrial and supply chains. At present, the international situation is intertwined with turmoil, the geopolitical situation is constantly turbulent, and the complexity and uncertainty faced by the global industrial and supply chains are increasing. The stable nature of China's economy provides important support for the safe operation of global industrial and supply chains.

Specifically, China has a complete industrial system and is the only country with all industrial categories in the United Nations Industrial Classification. The overall scale of its manufacturing industry remains the world's largest, continuously providing high-quality and stable Chinese supply to the world. At the same time, relying on the advantage of a super large market, China guides the rational and orderly cross-border layout of industrial and supply chains, providing broad space for the development of global industrial and supply chains. The Chain Expo is a vivid practice of promoting global industrial chain and supply chain cooperation in China. After three years of cultivation, the Chain Expo has become a globally renowned international economic and trade event and a shared international public product. It provides a valuable platform for maintaining the stability and smoothness of global industrial and supply chains, promoting international economic and trade exchanges and cooperation, and helping to smooth the operation of the world economy and maintain a diverse and stable international economic pattern.

China has always been a source of innovation in the global industrial and supply chains. With the deepening development of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, the new generation of information technology represented by artificial intelligence is profoundly reshaping the global value chain system and giving birth to new supply chain systems. Our country's economy is moving towards new development, promoting the digital, intelligent, and green transformation and upgrading of global industrial and supply chains, and promoting the continuous improvement of quality, efficiency, and power of global industrial and supply chains.

This year's Chain Expo focuses on cutting-edge technological trends, upgrading the "Digital Technology Chain" to the "Digital Intelligence Technology Chain" and innovatively establishing an artificial intelligence zone; The Innovation Chain Zone showcases the experience and practices of transforming scientific and technological achievements from "laboratories" to "big markets". The zone has upgraded from last year's "dual chain connection" of innovation chain and industry chain to the "four chain integration" of innovation chain, industry chain, capital chain, and talent chain; The first exhibition and debut show released during the extension period are expected to exceed 160 items. The relevant innovations of the Chain Expo will help promote the formulation of international industrial chain and supply chain standards and rules, and promote the inclusive development of international industrial chain and supply chain innovation.

China has always been the "connector" of the global industrial and supply chains. The formation of global industrial and supply chains is the result of deepening international division of labor in the context of economic globalization. China firmly upholds the global public goods attribute of industrial and supply chains, deepens international cooperation in industrial and supply chains through practical actions, and continuously enhances its openness in expanding international cooperation. The open development of China's economy has effectively enhanced the resilience of the global industrial and supply chains. This year's Chain Expo continues to upgrade its "finding friends" model, continuously improving its "connectivity" through various means such as online and offline, domestic and foreign, pre - and post exhibition, etc., providing convenience for enterprises from all over the world to showcase their achievements and meet their needs, further smoothing the channels for production, supply and marketing linkage, and playing an important role in driving global economic growth and building closer global industrial and supply chain partnerships.

The Chain Expo injects valuable certainty and stability into the current world economy, and sends a strong signal to the international community to jointly deepen industrial and supply chain cooperation. The business communities of various countries are rushing towards each other and achieving mutual success on this stage, which will make greater contributions to promoting the deepening development of economic globalization and benefiting the world through win-win cooperation.