The integrated supply chain solution by Amazon at the e 2024 Amazon Global Selling Seller Conference attracts visitors on December 9, 2024, in Nanjing. 

The philosophical concept of one bond connecting the world is an established scientific and economic phenomenon today. The global industrial and supply chains are symbols of that universal link of fraternity, cooperation and globalization. Despite a few major economies still trying to push forward a decoupling agenda and favoring a “small yard, high fence” strategy, globalization and cooperation remain a global trend. 

With a new round of technological revolution underway, whose hallmarks are information technology, artificial intelligence, and new energy, creating intelligent and green industrial and supply chains is one of the goals of global transformation and upgrade. This is providing new opportunities for international cooperation and infusing vigor into a sluggish global economy. 

The second China International Supply Chain Expo in last November demonstrated China’s resolve to promote international cooperation in the industrial and supply chains and advance high-standard opening-up. As President Xi Jinping has stressed, in this era of economic globalization, only staying open and collaborating over the global industrial and supply chains can bring win-win development. 

This issue’s Special Report highlights how Chinese industries have become integrated into the global chains, enhancing their appeal to foreign investors, and are sharing their expertise and development opportunities with the rest of the world.