On November 26th, the 2nd China International Supply Chain Promotion Expo (hereinafter referred to as “Chain Expo”) opened in Beijing. As the world's first national exhibition with the theme of supply chain, it aims to promote the cooperation of global industrial chain and supply chain, and promote the healthy development of economic globalization, and has received wide attention since its first holding. This year, Panasonic participated in the Chain Expo for the first time, appearing in the healthy life chain, around the “care without boundaries, body and mind as pleasant” business slogan, through the display of healthy intelligent living space and help the “silver economy” products and solutions, looking forward to the good life of Chinese consumers, By showcasing healthy and smart living spaces and products and solutions that contribute to the “silver economy”, Panasonic expects to contribute to the better life of Chinese consumers and the prolongation of their healthy life span. Meanwhile, Panasonic will make use of the important link of the Chain Expo to contribute to the stable development of the global industrial chain and supply chain together with its partners.

Panasonic continues to deeply cultivate the Chinese market, based on the local innovation, currently in China with healthy and intelligent living space, mobility, intelligent manufacturing as the three pillars of the business, from the “living space” and “environment” dimensions, to solve the social problems in China, to help China's economic high-quality development, and to contribute to the dual-carbon goal. In the field of healthy and intelligent living space, Matsushita will contribute to solving social problems in China, assisting China's high-quality economic development, and realizing the dual-carbon goal.

In the field of healthy and smart living space, Panasonic has utilized more than 20 years of experience in the elderly care industry accumulated in Japan and the construction of sustainable smart cities (SST), and integrated the three key elements of healthy living, namely, air, water, and light, to launch the Wellness Smart (WS) business for the Chinese market, with the mission of “prolonging the healthy life span of Chinese people and contributing to the global environment”. Its mission is to “extend the healthy life span of Chinese people and contribute to the global environment”. At present, 38 projects have been launched, including all-age coexistence health community, cultural tourism, and leasing. In terms of aging-adapted products, Panasonic has taken into account the current situation of the Chinese market to create products suitable for the elderly and people in need of care from the aspects of intelligent aging, rehabilitation care, and medical care; moreover, Panasonic has launched aging-adapted services, hardware technology, and aging-adapted renovation in Japan and will take into account the current situation of the Chinese country and deepen the development for the customers and partners. In addition, Panasonic's elderly services, hardware technologies, and ageing-adapted reforms in Japan will also be developed in a Chinese way, taking into account the current situation in China, to provide customers and partners with more solutions, and to focus on the development of the “silver economy” industry from the perspective of the whole life cycle, so as to expand the new blue ocean of the elderly in a locally-adapted and people-oriented way.

In this Chain Expo, Panasonic strengthened the overall solution of recreation and living space through the four areas of entrance, kitchen, living room, and senior care in the form of spatialized and scenario-based display to create differentiated competitiveness and show Panasonic's caring and professionalism.

The entrance area takes on the important responsibility of storage and security at home. Panasonic intelligent locks have multiple unlocking modes and multiple alarms to guard the safety of family members' entry and exit. The rotating shoe rack in the shoe cabinet is designed with 180-degree free rotation for double-sided use, and the dividers are easily removable for easy cleaning and height adjustment. The i-shelf storage system in the clothes storage area consists of multiple types of modules, which can be flexibly matched, and through the selection of accessories, it can realize fine storage, say goodbye to crowding, and have MAX storage power.

The X-CLASS Japanese-style living kitchen set in the kitchen area is paired with the Cloudland series of kitchen appliances, adopting a cabinet-electricity integration design to create a harmonious and unified visual experience. The set also innovatively used Panasonic imported Sugopika material to create countertops and sinks, with the natural texture of high-end stone, but also has the characteristics of easy to clean, scratch-resistant, high temperature resistance, the same material countertops and sinks can be realized as an integrated and seamless design, which greatly enhances the aesthetics and practicability of the product.

Living room area to create a comfortable relaxation time. Panasonic massage chair is equipped with 4D REAL PRO intelligent movement and SJ-type guide rail, to realize 170 ° comfortable lying posture, enjoy comfortable massage. Panasonic Smart TV can be voice-controlled, with a clear, detailed picture and supports a high refresh rate of 144Hz for a great sense of immersion. With the Technics vinyl turntable, you can enjoy a smooth entertainment experience without leaving home.

In the senior living area, Panasonic exhibited intelligent electric beds, electric wheelchairs, folding shower chairs, ageing bath cabinets, removable handrails, small medical oxygen concentrators and other ageing products. Intelligent electric bed can be adjusted for the angle of the back, and is equipped with a back pressure relief system, so that the elderly get up more smoothly and comfortably; electric wheelchair overall design is lightweight, and can be stored in small spaces; folding shower chair to help the elderly bathe safely. Panasonic constructs a new ecosystem of recreation through high-quality, humanized and intelligent products and services for the elderly.

In the evening of the 25th, Tetsuro Honma, Global Vice President of Panasonic Corporation, Group General Representative for Northeast Asia, China, and Riko Ogawa, Executive Director of Panasonic Corporation and Head of Kansai Regional Government Relations-Osaka Expo, Japan, participated in the Welcome and Networking Dinner of the 2nd Chain Expo. Ms. Riko Ogawa, who is also a jazz pianist, brought her elegant piano performance to the event. Winter melodies played a warm new chapter, using music as a bridge to link the wonderful world.

On the morning of 26th, Tetsuro Honma attended the opening ceremony of the 2nd Chain Expo. He said, “The Chain Expo is a platform for enterprises to communicate and learn from government organizations and upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain, and it is also a good opportunity to show their strengths and learn about cutting-edge trends. At present, there are more than 6,000 suppliers in China who provide a wide range of products such as components, modules and raw materials to Panasonic's companies in China and the group's overseas companies. Nowadays, China is emphasizing the advantages of a stable, reliable and flexible industrial chain and supply chain, and the stability of China's industrial chain and supply chain is related to the development of Panasonic and many foreign enterprises. We hope to use the platform of Chain Expo to strengthen the communication with the upstream and downstream of the industry, expand the circle of friends of the industry chain, extend the network of supply chain partners, create the driving force of the innovation chain, and gather the chain into a group, so as to make the magnetism of the Chinese market more powerful.