Congratulations! CityU students excel in China National College Students Competition on Energy Economics

Among them, CityU team composing FOF students Chen Haojie, Zhong Yixin, Pu Kexin and Li Yihao, supervised by Associate Professor Li Weiping, won the first prize in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao regional contest and the national third prize with their work on “how does climate transition pressure reshape corporate supplier configuration strategies? Natural experimental evidence from climate-adaptive city pilots”. This research takes the climate-adaptive city pilot policy as a quasi-natural experiments, focusing on the adjustment of corporate supply chain strategies in the context of climate transition, and systematically analyzes the mechanisms on climate transition pressure affecting firms’ supplier configuration strategies. The research findings not only enrich the literature in climate economics and supply chain management but also provide important references for enterprises in formulating green transition strategies and enhancing supply chain resilience.

In addition, team composing the FOF students Sun Bingbing and Hou Xiaozhe, supervised by Assistant Professor Li Di, won the third prize in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao regional contest with their work “hedging of new energy metals”. This research focuses the price volatility of clean metals against the backdrop of the rapid development of the new energy industry, using assets such as the US dollars, gold, crude oil, and green bonds as hedging tools, and systematically analyzing the hedging effectiveness of different assets across various market conditions. The findings provide valuable references for investors in asset allocation, risk management, and policy formulation.