March 9, 2016, in the morning, Prof. Zhao XianDe, CEIBS Professor of Decision Sciences, was invited to visit our school and gave a lecture entitled "Supply Chain and Service Innovation". Professor Wei Yiming, director of the CEEP, Professor Wang Zhaohua, deputy director of the Center, Professor Tang Baojun and a number of teachers and students attended the lecture. The report was hosted by Professor Liao Hua, deputy director of the CEEP.

　　Professor Zhao XianDe’s research areas include operations management and supply chain management, mainly in the manufacturing and service organizational innovation and quality and productivity improvement. He is good at carring out a study using empirical methods to address the challenges in China supply chain operations.