With the Spring Festival approaching, China Telecom Group and its supply chain partners are celebrating the Spring Festival together. Liu Guiqing, deputy general manager of China Telecom, said that in the past year, China Telecom has adhered to quality change, efficiency change and power change, promoted the integration of innovation chain, industrial chain and supply chain, and promoted the high-quality development of the procurement supply chain. The total annual procurement expenditure was nearly 200 billion yuan, covering 179 products in 20 categories, and the centralized procurement rate reached 98.9%. Together with supply chain partners, we have jointly supported technological innovation, network construction, market development and customer service.
In 2021, China Telecom will cooperate with the industrial chain to promote scientific and technological innovation, mainly focusing on 5G, cloud-network integration, network information security, digital platform, etc., to promote the intelligent operation of cloud networks. It has jointly undertaken national projects such as IP network, optical network, and 6G, and won many awards such as the National Science and Technology Progress Award.
In order to actively cope with the severe situation of tight supply and significantly extended supply cycle, all parties have taken multiple measures to ensure the smooth implementation of projects such as 5G. By strengthening the coordination of upstream and downstream suppliers, the on-demand supply of servers and terminals is guaranteed, and the resilience of the industrial chain supply chain is enhanced.
In 2021, China Telecom launched the "Growth" Supply Chain Ecological Development Action, jointly launched the "Tianyi Supply Chain Ecological Development Forum" with 36 enterprises to create an agile, flexible, safe, green and collaborative supply chain ecology, and released the first batch of 10 strategic suppliers and 37 A-level product suppliers.
At the same time, China Telecom will actively fulfill its social responsibilities in 2021 and highlight the responsibility of the enterprise era. In the work of poverty alleviation, rural revitalization, emergency rescue and disaster relief, epidemic prevention and control, etc., they supported and helped each other with supply chain partners, and handed over a satisfactory answer sheet.
The above achievements also embody the painstaking efforts of partners and are the result of everyone working together and striving together. In the past year, more than 100 enterprises have won ten categories of awards from China Telecom, which fully reflects the contribution of supply chain partners to China Telecom.
2022 is a key year for the implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan", China Telecom will fully implement the cloud-to-digital transformation strategy, take customer demand as the guide, build a technology-based, secure, service-oriented and value-based procurement supply chain, develop supply chain ecology, enhance supply chain resilience, increase procurement intensification, promote strategic procurement based on the total cost of TCO, further expand the circle of friends of strategic partners, and promote high-quality development of enterprises.
Liu Guiqing looked forward to the innovative development of China Telecom's supply chain in 2022.
In 2022, China Telecom will focus on building a new development pattern and deepen the integrated development of the innovation chain, industrial chain and supply chain. Focusing on building a new development pattern, promoting the transformation and upgrading of the supply chain, accelerating the integration of the "three chains" of the innovation chain, the industrial chain and the supply chain, smoothing the cycle, promoting the integration and development of the digital economy and the real economy, and helping the construction of a strong domestic market.
In 2022, China Telecom will jointly strengthen the resilience of the supply chain and ensure the security of the supply chain. Carry out the action of strengthening the chain of the industrial chain, continuously increase the proportion of procurement of independent and controllable equipment, and ensure the security of supply when facing products and parts restrictions. Strengthen business continuity management and establish an automatic monitoring and early warning mechanism for supply risks. Improve the emergency response mechanism of the supply chain to ensure the continuous supply of key products. Strengthen the implementation of measures to ensure the security of supply chain network information.
In 2022, China Telecom should accelerate the transformation of digital intelligence and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of supply chain operations. Relying on the "China Telecom Supply Chain Digital Platform (CTSC)", we will promote the construction of digital supply chains and empower large-scale customization, flexibility, agility and resilience of supply chains. Drive the automation of the whole process of demand and delivery management, and improve the end-to-end operation efficiency of the supply chain. Carry out the "2022 Supplier Cloud Action", reform the traditional supply chain thinking, help partners to go to the cloud for infrastructure, PaaS to the cloud, and application to the cloud, and promote the transformation and upgrading of the production organization model.
In 2022, China Telecom will strengthen scientific and technological innovation and promote the high-quality development of the supply chain. Enhance the ability of enterprises to innovate in science and technology, especially in key core technology areas, build an industrial chain around the innovation chain, and build a new type of industrial innovation ecosystem. Give full play to the platform role of the "Tianyi Supply Chain Ecological Development Forum", and promote the innovation and upgrading of partner products and services by undertaking innovation topics, establishing innovation laboratories, and opening up platform resources. Promote the construction of a green supply chain and enhance the driving force for sustainable development of enterprises.
In 2022, China Telecom should maintain a good market order and create a fair and just competition environment. Improve the construction of the system, promote intelligent management, and realize the automatic risk management and control of the whole process, all direction and the whole cycle. Jointly abide by "full competition, guarantee fairness." Benefit sharing, risk sharing. Compliance with law, confidentiality and integrity. Green, low-carbon, healthy development" code of conduct to ensure the healthy and sustainable development of the supply chain.
At present, the digital economy has become the main driving force for economic growth in the post-epidemic era, and China Telecom will accelerate the construction of a modern supply chain ecosystem, promote the transformation and upgrading of the industrial chain supply chain, and empower the integrated development of the digital economy and the real economy.