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From the 'Belt and Road Initiative' to Dual Circulation
What Role Will the New Generation of Cross-border Supply Chain Platforms Play?
I. A Decade Later, How Should We Reinterpret the 'Belt and Road Initiative'?
Since its launch in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative has completed a full cycle from a vision to tangible implementation: a great number of infrastructure projects have been delivered, trade ties have become closer, and more and more Chinese enterprises have embarked on the path of 'going global'.
Looking back over the decade, a pivotal shift is taking place:
× In the beginning, it was more of a story about engineering and infrastructure construction;
√ Today, it has gradually evolved into a story of industrial chains, supply chains and lifestyles.
The advancement of urbanization in the countries along the routes has spawned three major demands:
- Residential Demand: Residential buildings, indemnificatory housing, apartments and community supporting facilities
- Commercial Demand: Hotels, shopping malls, office buildings and cultural & tourism facilities
- Livelihood Demand: Schools, hospitals and public living services
This requires not only steel and cement, but also thousands of products related to people's basic necessities of life - home building materials are the most typical representative.
II. What Rules of the Game Has the Proposal of 'Dual Circulation' Changed?
For cross-border supply chain platforms, the dual circulation is not an either-or choice, but a reconstruction of connection methods:
The Dual Circulation Strategy sets forth Direction and Pattern
It is a group of capable 'cross-border supply chain platforms' that truly energize the synergy between the two.
III. From 'Project-driven' to 'Platform-driven'
Pain PointThe traditional project-driven model is equivalent to 'reinventing the wheel' repeatedly.
SolutionAn upgrade to sustainable 'platform collaboration' is imperative.
Three Core Capabilities that the New-generation Platforms Must Possess:
01. Resource Integration Capability
Standardized integration of products, warehousing & distribution, finance and local services.
02. End-to-end Fulfillment Capability
A closed-loop full supply chain covering factory → overseas warehouse → end customer → installation and maintenance.
03. Data Collaboration Capability
Making complex transactions controllable and measurable through unified rules.
IV. Three 'New Roles' of the Platform
1Role 1: Interpreter
Connecting 'global manufacturing' with 'local living'. Understanding local habits and translating them into standardized product parameters that factories can follow.
2Role 2: System Engineer
Building a 'systematic bridge' between the dual circulations. Exporting domestic supply chain modules (e.g., long-term rental apartment packages), and feeding back overseas market insights to drive domestic industrial iteration.
3Role 3: Risk Manager
Providing 'certainty' in an era of uncertainty:
- For Factories: Stable orders and payment collection
- For Customers: Alternative multi-source supply solutions
- For Financial Institutions: Real data to underpin credit granting
V. Reflections of a Sili-style Platform: Living Infrastructure
Home building materials link both infrastructure construction and family life. The vision of Sili Group is:
and become the Living Infrastructure in the national urbanization process.'
Dimensions of Our Long-term Layout:
- ●Developing standardized modules for 'basic home living products'
- ●Building 'warehouse-style exhibition halls' into city-level infrastructure
- ●Precipitating 'transaction + fulfillment data' into a credit risk control system
- ●Forging 'talents and partners' into a long-term collaborative network
Enabling Sustainable Connections
What truly defines the future are concrete platforms one by one. What we strive to do is not only to take Chinese manufacturing global, but also to help families along the routes embrace better living spaces, and to build resilience for supply chains in an uncertain era.
