"Without Chinese partners, Apple would not be able to achieve what it is today." Apple CEO Cook appeared at the 2nd China International Supply Chain Promotion Expo ("Chain Expo" for short) on November 25 and gave Chinese partners spoke highly of it. This has been....

"Without Chinese partners, Apple would not be able to achieve what it is today."

Apple CEO Cook appeared at the Second China International Supply Chain Promotion Expo (referred to as the "Chain Expo") on November 25. And gave high praise to Chinese partners.

This is Cook’s third visit to China in 2024. Apple's exhibition sign at the Chain Expo reads: "More than 80% of Apple's 200 major suppliers are produced in China."

Obviously, in the current complex and changeable external environment, Apple values ​​not only the Chinese market, but also the supply chain in which Chinese companies are deeply involved.

Cook’s views are not unique.

Chain Expo is the world's first national exhibition with the theme of supply chain. Sanlihe learned that more than 600 companies and institutions from nearly 70 countries (regions) participated in the exhibition, an increase of 20% from the first session, and the world's top 500 and industry leading companies accounted for more than 60%. The proportion of overseas exhibitors increased from 26% in the first session to 32%, of which exhibitors from Europe, the United States and more than 40 countries co-building the "Belt and Road" each accounted for about half.

"The participation of many companies in the Chain Expo not only demonstrates the strong appeal of the Chinese market, but also jointly promotes the supply chain to become a win-win chain." Japan's Panasonic Group, which participated in the exhibition for the first time, told Sanlihe.

Sanlihe learned that this chain expo will release a joint initiative of various industrial chains for the first time, clearly expressing the firm position of all parties to maintain the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain and promote win-win cooperation.

Xiao Song, Global Executive Vice President of Siemens and Chairman of Siemens China, told Sanlihe that Siemens’ business covers more than 200 countries and regions around the world and will give full play to the potential of “chain masters” to “chain” enterprises of different sizes and types in different countries. "Enter the same circle of friends to jointly promote the prosperity and development of global industrial and supply chains in a strong, resilient and sustainable direction.

Affected by factors such as the rise of protectionism, public health crises, and geopolitical turmoil in recent years, industrial and supply chain cooperation has tended to become pan-politicized and pan-security. How global supply chain cooperation creates a new situation has attracted much attention.

Ren Hongbin, President of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, recently wrote an article pointing out that countries have different resource endowments and development levels. Only through economic and trade cooperation can we achieve complementary advantages and win-win cooperation.

History has proven that economic globalization is what the people want, and the global supply chain has the inherent driving force to connect.

Zhao Ping, director of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Research Institute, pointed out that calculations found that from 2014 to 2023, the global supply chain connectivity index showed a fluctuating upward trend. Even in the face of the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic and the adoption of policies such as decoupling and de-globalization by some countries in a certain historical period, the negative impact on the overall environment of the global supply chain will be short-lived and limited.

"Emerging new technologies are solving traditional supply chain problems." Zhao Ping told Sanlihe that the global supply chain is developing towards regionalization, diversification, digitalization and greening, and new multilateral and bilateral negotiations are beginning to pay attention to the global supply chain. new areas in the global supply chain and explore the formulation of new rules, which will create a better institutional environment for cooperation in new areas of the global supply chain and promote the sustainable development of the global supply chain.

Produced by "Sanlihe" Studio

Source: China News Network