I just come across an article from China Supply Chain Council stated that IBM was transferring its chief purchasing operations to China, a move that highlights China’s growing importance in the field of global supply chain. This is the first time the headquarter of a IBM division has been relocated. No doubt Shenzhen has emerged as the global logistics hub, and thus China anchored its status as a global supply chain hub by harnessing the Information Technology.

My view: The cheap labor, the availability of software and services skills in China with the set up of Pudong technology Park of Shanghai has indeed helped China in building the competitiveness of this supply chain hub.