产业链 chǎnyèliàn industry value chain
How to remember 产业链: 产 to give birth + 业 industry + 链 chain = industry value chain.
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How it is used
- The industrial/value chain - the linked stages from raw material to finished product: 完整的产业链 (wánzhěng de chǎnyèliàn) a complete industry chain, 产业链上下游 (chǎnyèliàn shàngxiàyóu) upstream and downstream of the chain.
- Standard business/economics term; 链 (chain) frames production as connected links.
- Common in policy and industry analysis, not casual speech.