The guest country of Thailand and the guest provinces of Shandong and Guangdong of the third China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) on Wednesday held multiple international cooperation promotion and matchmaking events, with multiple fruitful results achieved.
The third CISCE opened in Beijing on Wednesday with a record number of overseas participants, signaling strong global interest and confidence in the Chinese market. The five-day event has attracted 651 companies and institutions from 75 countries and regions.
Shandong sent 78 companies to the expo with an exhibition area of 2,600 square meters and more than 1,000 exhibits, and Guangdong organized 64 companies and released a number of cutting-edge achievements in the fields of robotics and biomedicine.
The cooperation promotion and matchmaking events attracted guests from many countries and regions including Thailand, Serbia, Mexico, the United Kingdom, the United States, and South Korea. More than 300 Chinese and foreign industrial and commercial institutions and enterprises conducted negotiations and reached a number of preliminary cooperation intentions.
Guests from Thailand highlighted the importance of artificial intelligence in the global supply chain.
"As [one of] the first international corporates that invested in China, we would really love to invest more, learn more, as well as to improve our supply chain globally with China's AI development," said Xie Mingxin, senior vice chairman of Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group.
To share China's development opportunities in more areas, this year, U.S. tech giant Apple and a Shandong supply chain company have strengthened their cooperation to bring in the innovative technologies such as closed-loop recycling.
"China's manufacturing industry is at the most advanced level in the world, and 80 percent of our 200 major suppliers in the world are from China or have production bases in China. We not only use automation, but also a lot of big data, artificial intelligence, including digital twins, in our production process," said Cui Yushan, Apple's vice president of procurement and operations in Asia.
Guests from South Korean multinational companies said that the expo has become an important platform for promoting global industrial chain cooperation and scientific and technological innovation, making them more determined to develop in China in the long run.
"I believe that China's role in the global supply chain has grown from a mere 'participant' to an 'enabler'. We have firm confidence in the Chinese market and is committed to continuing to promote long-term development in China," said Liu Changren. vice president of CJ Group China.
Fruitful results achieved at matchmaking events of China's Supply Chain Expo
Fruitful results achieved at matchmaking events of China's Supply Chain Expo
Fruitful results achieved at matchmaking events of China's Supply Chain Expo
