On October 18, 2026, the Sixth Symposium on Strategic Mineral Resource Industrial Chain Security and Management was held at Hebei GEO University. Invited participants from CESD included Professor Xiao Jianhua, Director of the Center for Modern Logistics Research and chief expert of a major National Social Science Fund project; Associate Professor Wu Xiaofan; Dr. Yu Hang; graduate student Zhang Runting; and other members of the center.

Conference presentations examined the global mineral resource landscape, policies and institutions governing industrial and supply chain security, and security across entire industrial chains. A dedicated discussion addressed data governance and AI applications in mineral resource industrial and supply chains. Parallel sessions focused on mineral resource risk identification and intelligent early warning, supply chain risk and resilience, global trade and security, and resource policy. Specific topics included the evolution of global mineral trade networks, the propagation of supply chain risks, and resilience assessment, highlighting research advances in risk monitoring, network analysis, and security governance.

Over the past five years, CESD’s logistics discipline has focused on major national strategic needs and emerging logistics issues, including strategic mineral resource industrial and supply chain security, smart logistics, and platform supply chains. Its researchers have led more than ten national-level projects, including one major National Social Science Fund project, six NSFC projects, and one additional National Social Science Fund project. Their work has appeared in leading journals including IEEE Trans. PAMI, TEVC, TCYB, TII, and TITS, as well as POM, EJOR, DS, Omega, TRE, ANOR, IJPE, IJPR, COR, EE, and JTEP. The team has also actively fulfilled its national think tank role. Its policy recommendations have received written comments from central and provincial- or ministerial-level leaders on multiple occasions. Some findings have been adopted by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Taiwan Affairs Office, and published in internal policy reference publications at the central level.