The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released the 2024 China Digital Supply Chain Development Report on Friday, highlighting a trend of diversification in the country's supply chain digital transformation.
The report pointed out that the penetration of artificial intelligence (AI) technology across various stages of enterprise supply chains has significantly increased.
During the digital transformation of supply chains, manufacturing is the most involved aspect of enterprises' supply chain digitalization. In the key projects surveyed for the digital supply chain, 70 percent of the companies have achieved supply chain information collaboration through digital means.
The report said that key projects in China's digital supply chain accelerated in 2023.
Through examining 1,530 key digital supply chain projects in the country, the study found that big data, AI, and the Internet of Things are the most compatible digital technologies for enterprises' digital supply chains.
The emergence of large AI models, in particular, has significantly increased the penetration of artificial intelligence technology across various stages of enterprise supply chains.
China releases 2024 Digital Supply Chain Development Report
The United States and Israel have committed the gravest crimes against humanity in Iran over a period of more than 40 days, said Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday.
Araghchi made the remark in a meeting with Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who led a delegation to visit Tehran on the day.
Araghchi said at the meeting that the military aggression against Iran by the United States and Israel violates the principles of the UN Charter.
The crimes committed by the U.S. and Israel against the Iranian people - particularly attacks on the country's educational facilities, scientific research centers, historical and cultural sites, hospitals, critical productive infrastructure and residential areas - constitute grave breaches of international humanitarian law, he said.
These include attacks on an elementary school in Minab in southern Iran, massacre of Iranian children, and the assassination of Iranian leaders, said Araghchi.
Over a period of more than 40 days, the U.S. and Israel have committed the gravest crimes against humanity, he said.
Araghchi called on the international community and relevant international institutions to unequivocally and resolutely condemn the war crimes committed by the U.S. and Israel, and to hand over those responsible for trial and punishment by their home states and international tribunals.
He said that Iran expects the ICRC, other humanitarian organizations and governments of countries around the world to fulfill their legal and moral obligations under international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions.
Spoljaric expressed deep regret at the meeting over the casualties among Iranian civilians in the conflict and the attacks by the U. S. and Israel on Iranian civilian targets, especially schools, hospitals and residential areas.
She emphasized the necessity to protect civilians and critical infrastructure and uphold international humanitarian rights in armed conflicts.
Spoljaric said that the recent threats by the U.S. and Israel against Iran, including those to Iranian civilian infrastructure, can be regarded as war crimes.
US, Israel commit gravest crimes against humanity in Iran: Araghchi
