During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, in order to implement the Made in China 2025 and Green Manufacturing Engineering Implementation Guide (2016-2020) and accelerate the promotion of green manufacturing, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the Notice on the Construction of Green Manufacturing System in September 2016 and decided to carry out the construction of green manufacturing system.

Green supply chain is the product of the combination of green manufacturing theory and supply chain management technology, which focuses on the coordination and cooperation of enterprises on the supply chain nodes. To build a green supply chain, enterprises shall establish a procurement, production, marketing, recycling and logistics system guided by resource saving and environmental-friendly, promote upstream and downstream enterprises to jointly improve the efficiency of resource utilization, improve environmental performance, and achieve the objective of resource utilization efficiency, environmental impact minimization and greening of enterprises in the supply chain. A batch of leading enterprises with strong representation, great influence, strong business strength and high management level will be selected in the industries such as automobile, electronic and electrical appliances, communication, machinery, large-scale complete equipment, etc. According to the concept of product life cycle, the coordination and cooperation between upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain shall be strengthened, and the leading role of core leading enterprises shall be played. Establish sustainable green supply chain management strategy, implement green partner supplier management, build green information management platform of supply chain, and drive upstream and downstream enterprises to realize green development.