The Ministry of Commerce held a conference on national supply chain innovation in Shanghai on November 17. According to an insider, Shanghai will promote the coordinated development of the city’s supply chain and enhance its comprehensive competitiveness.

Supply chain innovation is a key task for the Chinese government, and also provides an important opportunity for Shanghai to achieve higher quality development in the new era.

Currently, Shanghai is striving to cultivate 100 national leading innovation and application demonstration enterprises in the field of supply chain management by 2020, among which more than 10 will be global supply chain leaders. The supply chain competitiveness of key industries will have entered the national and world front, making Shanghai a globally influential supply chain resource configuration center.