Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Director General for International Trade Relations Kim Jong-chul at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of Korea and Director General of the Department of Asian Affairs Wang Liping at the Ministry of Commerce of China led their respective delegations in the third Korea-China supply chain hotline meeting today in Seoul.

Launched in 2023, the Korea-China supply chain hotline meeting is a consultative channel for cooperation between the two countries to stabilize the bilateral supply chain.

In the previous hotline meetings, both sides focused on stabilizing the bilateral supply chain. In today’s third meeting, the Korean delegation requested China’s interest and cooperation in facilitating Korean businesses’ imports of critical items from China. The two sides also discussed measures to foster a predictable business environment for Korean companies, including the Chinese government’s policy briefings in the second half of this year.