Editor profile

Amira Lin

Editor, Energy & Materials

Amira Lin covers the dynamics of new energy, industrial materials, and resource security. She focuses on China's role in the global transition to green manufacturing and material innovation.

amira.lin@chinaindustrybrief.com

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Export Watch

China-US Trade Relations: The Industrial Logic Behind Competition

This article analyzes the deep-seated causes of the US-China trade war and its long-term impact on China's manufacturing industry from the perspectives of industrial upgrading, supply chain adjustments, and changes in export structure.

Amira Lin4 min read
Smart Manufacturing

Chinese Robots Accelerate Overseas Expansion: A New Variable in Global Factory Automation

80% of manufacturing factories in the US have zero automation, while China exports industrial robots to 148 countries with significantly improved performance, filling the global automation gap. This article analyzes from an industry perspective how China's manufacturing sector is shifting from cost advantage to technology export, reshaping the logic of global factory automation deployment.

Amira Lin3 min read
Energy And Materials

Turkish Steel Giant Builds Its Own 261MW Solar PV: Global Industrial Decarbonization Accelerates and Opportunities for China's PV Manufacturing

Turkish steel manufacturer Tosyali has obtained a loan to build a 261MW self-use photovoltaic power station, reflecting the accelerated energy transition in the global industrial sector. This trend has created new export markets for Chinese photovoltaic module and system suppliers, while the green transformation of China's own steel industry also brings domestic demand for photovoltaic companies. The article analyzes the global supply chain changes behind the steel-solar industry synergy.

Amira Lin5 min read
Industrial Policy

Computing Power Reshapes Manufacturing: How the Intelligent Transformation of Chinese Factories Rewrites Global Industry Rules

Based on field cases from multiple factories in Guangdong, this provides an in-depth analysis of how China's manufacturing industry leverages computing power, AI, and data-driven methods to achieve a leap from automation to intelligence, and the long-term impact of this transformation on global supply chains and the competitive landscape of industries.

Amira Lin5 min read
Factory And Supply

China's June PMI rises to 50.3, technology exports drive manufacturing expansion and a new phase of industrial upgrading

China's official manufacturing PMI rose to 50.3 in June, expanding beyond expectations, with AI hardware exports becoming the main engine. Behind this data is the acceleration of China's manufacturing transformation from low-cost to high-tech, as well as the deepening of the global industrial chain's reliance on "Intelligent Manufacturing in China."

Amira Lin4 min read
Industrial Policy

Why Does the Philippines Need a Modern Industrial Policy: From Dependency-Driven Growth to Manufacturing Reconstruction

This article, based on the discussion on modern industrial policy in the Philippines, analyzes its long-term deindustrialization, external dependence, and policy pathway issues, and interprets the key constraints and opportunities for the Philippines’ future industrial upgrading from the perspectives of manufacturing reconstruction, science and technology education, R&D investment, and global supply chain reorganization.

Amira Lin8 min read