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South Korea is grappling with scorching heat waves this summer, with temperatures soaring above 40 C in its capital city of Seoul for the first time since 2018. The extreme weather has dominated newspaper headlines lately, which has wreaked havoc on the people's health and agricultural production there.
For instance, with mass die-offs at the country's fish farms and catches declining, seafood prices are trending higher, according to South Korean media reports. Meanwhile, South Korean consumers' demand for cooling products is surging.
Against this backdrop, the unique strengths of China-South Korea economic and trade cooperation - characterized by flexible responses and regional short-chain supply arrangements - have been fully demonstrated.
Unlike countries in Europe and elsewhere in the West, or regions that rely on long-distance transportation, China and South Korea share geographical proximity and mature cross-border logistics system. Built through years of in-depth industrial collaboration, their circulation network drastically shortens supply chain routes and turnover cycles, delivering vital response in time of need. 
Since the onset of the summer heat waves, a diverse array of Chinese-made goods - frozen beverages, portable handheld fans, pet cooling accessories and others - has flowed to the South Korean market. The rapid replenishment has provided relief to South Koreans grappling with soaring temperatures.
The "cool" trade that has blossomed between the two countries is fundamentally a story of mutual benefit and complementary strengths. While Chinese cooling supplies enter the South Korean market, Chinese consumers' demand for South Korean summer cosmetics and personal care products is heating up too. These two seemingly separate trade flows essentially reflect the deep-seated trade complementarity between the two neighbors.
Since the beginning of summer, "cool-feeling" cosmetics have become a shopping hit among Chinese consumers. Many South Korean products, featuring lightweight textures, durability and sweat-proof performance, have won growing market popularity.
The two-way trade flow is rooted in the alignment of the two countries' industrial structures and consumer needs, allowing both consumers to access what they require in the trade of "cool products" and achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
The structural underpinnings of this synergy run deep. China's strength in agricultural production, cold‑chain infrastructure, and large‑scale manufacturing complements South Korea's prowess in beauty product research and development, good quality control and sophisticated brand operation. Most importantly, their geographical proximity allows such industrial complementarity to flourish.
From a broader perspective, global climate change seems to continue interfering with economic life in increasingly unpredictable ways. Caught in this dual pressure of escalating climate shock and global industrial restructuring, the significance of regional economic cooperation is being redefined. It is no longer limited to expanding market access and cutting operational costs; instead, it is deeply tied to safeguarding people's basic livelihoods in time of sudden unexpected disruptions.
The shortened transportation window brought by geographical proximity boosts the supply chain's response speed, enabling it to swiftly counter market volatility triggered by sudden emergencies.
The deep industrial integration that China and South Korea have nurtured over the past decades across sectors including electronics, beauty, agricultural products and cold-chain logistics has laid an exceptionally solid foundation for bilateral cooperation.
Currently, global supply chains are facing shocks from geopolitical conflicts, rising trade barriers as well as surging extreme weather patterns, leaving many long-distance global supply chains increasingly fragile and prone to sudden breakdowns.
The short-chain cooperation between China and South Korea has demonstrated that, in the era of growing uncertainties in the world, tapping deeper into regional industrial complementary advantages and building more stable and flexible cross-border industrial and supply chains is both an efficient choice to reduce circulation costs and a practical path to fend off risks to ensure industrial stability and protect people's livelihood.
。      北京8月25日电（记者谢希瑶、黄韬铭）国务院新闻办公室25日举行新闻发布会介绍第二十六届中国国际投资贸易洽谈会有关情况。商务部副部长兼国际贸易谈判副代表凌激在发布会上介绍，从目前跨国公司对中国投资，以及他们近年来参加投洽会情况来分析，跨国公司对华投资新趋势概括起来有“三个转变”。

二 |   第一个转变是从“注重成本”向“注重价值”转变。当前，外商投资中国已不仅仅看劳动力、土地这些传统要素成本，他们更关注高效的产业生态、优越的基础设施，特别是现在的绿电、算力等新型生产要素供给，以及高效的供应链体系，充满活力的创新生态和高素质的人才供给。这些优势都是跨国公司在中国发展的重要驱动力，也是他们在全球形成竞争力的重要因素。  第二个转变是从“填补空白”到“锻造实力”转变。早期跨国公司主要瞄准中国的资金和供给缺口，从引进资金、成熟技术到商业模式和管理就可以在中国较快获得成功。这些年随着中国产业发展水平提升，市场竞争日益激烈，消费应用场景的丰富和日趋多元化，越来越多跨国公司把中国作为提升其全球竞争力的“训练场”或“健身房”。“我们同很多跨国公司高管交流中，经常听到一句话，‘如果你在中国市场能取得成功，那你就能够在世界其他地方取得更大成功’。”凌激说。  第三个转变是从“独立运营”向“协同发展”转变。过去很多外资企业在华投资都是搭建自己的研发和供应链体系，依托跨国公司内部的产业生态来完成供应链的配套，所以过去很多外资企业在中国都是“大进大出”的。随着中国产业链供应链体系日趋完备和高效，现在越来越多外资企业正深度融入中国产业生态，本土化水平不断提升，与中方合作伙伴的协同发展日益加强。

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