Global Supply Chain Resilience Breakthrough in 2025

The restructuring of global supply chains in 2025 presents distinct characteristics and common development logics in two key sectors: electromechanical products and commodities. The electromechanical industry is mitigating trade barriers through regionalized production layouts and reshaping the interconnectedness of supply chains through ecosystem-based international expansion. The commodities sector, on the other hand, is optimizing trade routes and strengthening supply chain stability amidst resource endowments and geopolitical competition. The transformation practices of these two sectors collectively confirm the profound shift in global supply chains from "cost priority" to "resilience priority," exploring diverse pathways for global industrial collaborative development.

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The electromechanical industry, as a core battleground for global supply chain restructuring, sees regional layout and ecological collaboration as key to breaking through challenges. In the Southeast Asian market, leading home appliance companies such as Haier, Hisense, and Midea are intensively increasing their investments in Thailand. In the European market, Chinese battery companies are building a comprehensive production network. CATL's Spanish factory has broken ground, and Gotion High-Tech's Slovakian factory has started operations, forming a layout covering Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, and Southern Europe, precisely meeting the needs of European automakers such as Volkswagen and BMW, using a "technology export + local manufacturing" model to circumvent trade barriers. At the same time, small and medium-sized electromechanical enterprises are breaking through by diversifying their markets.

The global supply chain of the commodities sector, under the dual demands of resource security and cost balance, exhibits distinct characteristics of route optimization and regional collaboration. In 2025, global trade in commodities such as iron ore and energy continues to be increasingly affected by geopolitical disturbances, prompting major economies to adjust their import structures and strengthen supply chain resilience. As a major importer of commodities, China is deepening cooperation with resource-rich countries along the Belt and Road Initiative, increasing the diversification of imports of core commodities such as iron ore and crude oil, and reducing reliance on single regions.  Simultaneously, China is optimizing transportation links through intelligent port upgrades and the construction of cross-border logistics channels, such as enhancing the carrying capacity of China-Europe freight trains for bulk commodities and shortening transportation cycles between Asia and Europe. In downstream industries of bulk commodities such as steel, companies are stabilizing supply chains through a combination of overseas factory construction and local procurement. For example, some steel companies have established processing bases in Southeast Asia to procure iron ore locally and avoid steel export tariffs, while also driving the export of domestic steelmaking equipment and technical standards. Furthermore, the green transition is driving the upgrading of bulk commodity supply chains. The trade volume of new energy-related commodities such as lithium and cobalt continues to expand, and Chinese companies are building upstream production capacity in resource-rich regions such as South America and Africa, constructing a complete supply chain from resource extraction to processing and end-product manufacturing, ensuring resource security for the development of the new energy industry.

Digitalization and technological innovation have become the common support for enhancing the resilience of supply chains in both industries. In the electromechanical industry, overseas factories of companies like Haier and Midea widely apply technologies such as digital twins and AI quality inspection, achieving full-process digital management and large-scale customization. Midea's Thai factory has even been selected as a "Lighthouse Factory," improving production efficiency and product competitiveness through technological empowerment. The bulk commodity industry utilizes blockchain technology to achieve full-process traceability in trade, reducing settlement risks; and improves port throughput efficiency and transportation accuracy through intelligent warehousing and logistics scheduling systems. At the same time, both industries show a trend of collaborative development of green supply chains: electromechanical companies are promoting environmentally friendly refrigerants and new energy logistics vehicles in their overseas factories; while bulk commodity companies are promoting the application of clean production technologies and strengthening the recycling and utilization of waste resources, in line with global low-carbon development requirements. This "technology + green" dual-driven approach not only enhances the core competitiveness of supply chains but also promotes global industrial collaboration towards high-quality development.

The global supply chain restructuring practices in the electromechanical and bulk commodity industries in 2025 clearly demonstrate new trends in global industrial collaboration. The regional ecological layout and market diversification strategies of the electromechanical industry effectively offset the impact of trade barriers; while the resource diversification and link optimization of the bulk commodity industry have solidified the resource foundation for global industrial development. Despite the lingering uncertainties brought about by geopolitical competition, these two major industries have explored effective pathways to enhance supply chain resilience through technological innovation, ecosystem collaboration, and green transformation.