In order to implement the Central Government's directive spirit of "deploying the innovation chain around the industrial chain and laying out the industrial chain around the innovation chain", Zhejiang, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Liaoning and other places have successively launched the "chain director system" in which provincial leaders concurrently serve as the chain leader of the industrial chain since 2018. In this global fight against the COVID-19, in order to maintain the security and stability of the global supply chain, various regions have further emphasized the working mechanism of "with industrial chain as the center, coordinating the work of resuming work and resuming production". The "chain director system" of industrial chain has a trend of rapid implementation in all parts of the country. We will explore the following questions: Why do local governments engage in "chain director system"? What are the characteristics of "chain owner" and "chain director" in industrial chain coordination? In the process of collaborative development of industrial chain and innovation chain, what are the main institutional obstacles? How can the "chain director system" solve these problems? Under the risk of rupture of some global industrial chains in the future, how can the "chain director system" guarantee to use innovation to support the domestic industrial circulation？
