Experts urge sharper supply chain edge
China DailyEmployees make auto parts at a foreign-funded company in Anshan, Liaoning province. Officials say new steps can help boost SMEs despite production relocations China should enhance its global supply chain advantages, despite some inevitable production relocations, and promulgate new financial measures to strengthen the competitive advantages of small companies, officials and experts said. The nation will improve supply chain finance regulations and factor the changes in industrial organizations, while effectively supporting the development of enterprises in supply chains, a senior official of the People's Bank of China, the central bank, said at a forum over the weekend. Wang Xin, head of the PBOC research bureau, said the central bank will improve the supply chain bill platform and promote the nation's unified registration and publicity of warranty of title, so as to effectively broaden the financing channels for small and medium-sized enterprises and ensure more capital can flow into the real economy. Further improving the business environment in China and strengthening confidence and guarantees for the global manufacturers in the downstream of the industrial chain will be key to determining China's future position in global supply chains, said the report.