Securing supplies, on the other hand, has more appeal among the backbenchers.

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This bureaucracy is charged with the job of securing supplies of raw materials so Chinese industry can keep humming--and paying otherwise restless workers.

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It's the price of securing oil supplies for U.S. consumers, he says.

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"We are providing a platform for business leaders and others concerned with the environment and corporate social responsibility to work together toward the common goal of ensuring the availability of natural resources, supporting social reforms, and at the same time securing the efficient delivery of supplies, " said Hau Lee, co-director of the Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum.

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For the past decade, Beijing has been shaping its foreign policy around securing long-term low-cost supplies of oil and other raw materials that it needs to sustain its economic development.

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