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China supply chain expo set to welcome more US firms in June, launch AI section

Amid trade tensions, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade describes business communities as a ‘bridge’ for exchanges

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The Apple booth at the third China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing in July 2025. Photo: Xinhua
Carol Yangin Beijing

More major US companies are set to join Beijing’s premier supply chain expo this summer, including its first artificial intelligence (AI) section, as business ties between the two superpowers enter a state of fragile stabilisation.

A fresh wave of leading United States enterprises, alongside prominent figures from American academia and politics, will attend the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing in June, its organiser, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said at a news conference in Beijing on Saturday.

The uptick in corporate interest comes at a delicate time for bilateral relations. Despite over a year of heightened trade tensions, Beijing and Washington are maintaining a steady rhythm of engagement, highlighted by a planned sixth round of high-level economic and trade consultations – the fifth was held in Malaysia in October – and US President Donald Trump’s scheduled visit to China next month.
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“The business communities of China and the United States have long been close partners, a relationship built on mutual benefit and win-win cooperation,” council spokeswoman Wang Wenshuai said, calling them “the bridge and bond for exchanges and cooperation between the two nations”.

According to a Xinhua readout of a telephone conversation between President Xi Jinping and Trump early last month, this is expected to be a pivotal year for the two countries to move towards a stage of “mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation”.

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This year’s supply chain expo will feature an AI exhibition area for the first time. It will showcase a comprehensive ecosystem – ranging from data and computational power to terminal applications – and Wang said American AI firms would be among the key exhibitors.

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