On October 16, 2026, Professor Peter Shi of Macquarie Business School, Australia, delivered an invited lecture at the CESD Young Scholars Salon entitled ‘From Cost Competition to Strategic Competition: A New Game in Global Critical Mineral Supply Chains.’ Professor Xiao Jianhua, Director of Nankai University’s Center for Modern Logistics Research, chaired the lecture. Attendees included Professor Li Xiang, Associate Professor Wu Xiaofan, Dr. Li Na, and other faculty and students from the center.

The lecture examined the rising strategic value of minerals such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earths, and explored new patterns of competition among major powers over control of entire industrial chains, resource security, and geopolitical influence. Professor Shi explained how new energy and high-technology industries are driving countries to accelerate the localization and diversification of supply chains, reshaping the global division of labor and trade rules. He also analyzed the implications of critical minerals for national industrial competitiveness and strategic security.

Professor Peter Shi is currently Discipline Director for Supply Chain Management in the Master of Commerce program at Macquarie University and a doctoral supervisor. His other appointments include Chair of the New South Wales branch of CILT Australia, Director of the Australian Digital Supply Chain Innovation Research Centre, Co-Director of the International Centre for Organization and Innovation in Singapore, and Vice President of the International Energy Association in Canada. He has published more than 150 articles in journals included in the UTD24 and FT50 lists and rated ABS 3 or 4, among others, and has authored three monographs. He serves as an area editor for CIE, an associate editor for BSE and AJM, and an editorial board member for IJOPM, TRE, JPSM, IJPDLM, AJM, and IJLM. He has also served as a guest editor for JBL, IJPR, IJPDLM, IJTM, JGM, and CCSM.