Research Focus Areas

  • Impact of the BRI on the global supply chain and international logistics

  • Trade corridor development and changes in China’s inland transport system

  • Infrastructure investment feasibility studies and the strategy of AIIB

  • Demand forecast of infrastructure

  • The future position of container hub ports in Asia (e.g., Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Busan etc.)

  • Routing and scheduling in the supply chain system

  • The single window system for cross-border trade caused by corridor development

  • The impact of regional economy and culture on the logistics and supply chains in the BRI

  • The coordination of the BRI in the context of hinterlands in association with dry ports

  • The complex network of maritime terminals, inland ports, cross-border corridors

  • The network of free trade zones in the BRI

  • The multimode (maritime, train, road) infrastructures in the BRI

  • Financial supply chain in the development of the BRI

  • Green engineering supply chain in the development of the BRI Cross-border e-commerce in the BRI

  • The applications of advent technologies to logistics and supply chain management in the BRI

  • Building supply chain resilience to climate change.

  • Greening logistics infrastructure and supply chain networks.

  • Climate diplomacy on the BRI