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