China News Service, Beijing, January 24 (Reporter Liu Yuying) Xu Xiaolan, Vice Minister of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at a press conference on the 24th that it will promote the "one vertical and one horizontal" strong chain to supplement the chain and stabilize the chain.

  According to Xu Xiaolan, in the previous stage, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology sorted out the situation of "specialized, specialized, and new" small and medium-sized enterprises in the industrial chain.

  "If you look at an industrial chain, you can find that countless small and medium-sized enterprises are supporting it. China's industrial chain has withstood the impact of the epidemic, which is largely due to the deep industrial layout of Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs are an important force in maintaining the security and stability of the industrial chain and supply chain, Xu Xiaolan said.

  At present, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has sorted out the industry map of specialized, special and new "little giants", and promoted the integration into the supply chain innovation chain of leading enterprises in the industry. More than 20 provinces have also carried out related work such as supplementing the chain and strengthening the chain. The exploration of docking has formed some good empirical practices.

  Xu Xiaolan said that in the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will promote small and medium-sized enterprises to actively participate in strengthening the chain, supplementing the chain and stabilizing the chain through "one vertical and one horizontal".

"One vertical" refers to focusing on the industrial chain and carrying out the action of strengthening the chain, supplementing the chain and stabilizing the chain of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Through the linkage between ministries and provinces, implement the action of strengthening the chain, supplementing the chain and stabilizing the chain of SMEs, launching a series of policy support, and carrying out a series of activities to promote large enterprises to open market, technology, talents and other innovative resources to SMEs, and integrate innovation to create industrial resilience. Strengthen the support of "specialized, refined and new" small and medium-sized enterprises to the supply chain of the industrial chain.

  "One horizontal" is to strengthen the classification guidance for SMEs in the service industry, that is, together with the member units of the State Council's Leading Group for Promoting the Development of SMEs, to promote the introduction of more inclusive support policies for SMEs in the service industry, and help stabilize the service industry chain supply chain.

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