Global supply chains moving toward resilience, efficiency despite geopolitical risks: report

Global supply chains are moving toward greater resilience, efficiency and vitality in the long run, even as geopolitical tensions pose systemic risks, according to a report released Monday at the fourth China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing.

The report, titled Global Supply Chain Report 2026 and published by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), added six new supply chain mappings covering artificial intelligence, 3D printing, hydrogen energy, steel, corn and maritime shipping, bringing the total number of mapped supply chains to 23 since the first expo in 2023.

The CCPIT also released global supply chain resilience indices, which this year expanded to include dedicated indices for the United States and the European Union.

The overall index readings from 2018 to 2025 show that global supply chain promotion, connectivity, innovation and resilience indices all registered gains.

"All indices registered upward movements, pointing to a stable and improving global supply chain environment in which cooperative dynamics continue to outweigh frictions. The resilience index, however, rose at a considerably slower pace than the others, which indicates that the resilience of global supply chain remains fragile and is still in a stage of gradual recovery," said Zhao Ping, dean of the Academy of CCPIT.

Experts attending the expo said that building resilient global supply chains requires countries to deepen collaboration and freely share technology, rather than resorting to the protectionist and unilateral policies that disrupt international trade.

Global supply chains moving toward resilience, efficiency despite geopolitical risks: report

Heavy rainfall is continuing to batter China, triggering flooding and emergency responses across multiple provinces in east, central and southwest China.

On Monday, torrential downpours — some reaching extreme levels — drenched parts of Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang provinces and Shanghai. Southern Guizhou was hit especially hard, with record-breaking rainfall in some areas.

The flood peak of the Liujiang River hit Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Monday, with water levels 3.14 meters above the alert mark, flooding many roads and prompting emergency responses from many local departments.

By Tuesday morning, the water had receded to the warning level of 82.5 meters and is still falling.

Heavy rain has also caused significant flooding in Guangxi's Laibin City.

The flow at the Wuxuan hydrological station in Laibin reached 25,000 cubic meters per second at 17:30 on Monday, making it the first flood this year in the Xijiang River.

Heavy rain batters many parts of China, triggering flood, emergency responses