On the morning of December 17, [Mingli Lecture Hall 2021, No. 67] was honored to invite Professor Li Jian from the School of Economics and Management of Beijing University of Technology (BUIT) to give an academic presentation entitled "Research on the Smart Supply Chain Finance Model Based on Network Ecology". Professor Ju Yanbing from the Department of Management Engineering, School of Management and Economics, Beijing University of Technology presided over the lecture. Due to the epidemic, this presentation was conducted online, and some teachers and postgraduates from the School of Management and Economics attended the presentation.

In the report, Professor Li Jian gave an in-depth explanation of the smart supply chain finance model based on network ecology by combining his research results in blockchain and supply chain finance in recent years. In the report, Professor Li Jian first pointed out that the integration of finance and technology is no longer confined to the technical level, but should be reflected in the comprehensive integration of thinking, concept, business model and management model. Then, combined with the current situation of the domestic in-depth analysis of the current supply chain financial management of the bottleneck problems; Finally, how to combine the current model of supply chain finance with the new generation of information technology, to create an intelligent supply chain finance model based on network ecology, and solve the problems of difficult financing, expensive financing of small and medium-sized enterprises, etc.

After the presentation, Professor Li Jian, Professor Dong Peiwu, Professor Ju Yanbing, Professor Cui Lixin, Associate Professor Guan Lei and other students had an in-depth discussion on the issues related to the presentation. All the teachers and students attending the meeting said that they benefited a lot from the report and hoped to have further communication with Professor Li Jian offline after the epidemic.

About Professor Li Jian

Li Jian is director of Blockchain Research Center, professor and doctoral supervisor of School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology. New century Outstanding Talents and young Beijing Scholars of the Ministry of Education. His research interests include blockchain application, fintech, and supply chain management. In recent years, he has published more than 70 papers. Two monographs published by Springer; Science Press published 1 monograph; He has presided over four National Natural Science Foundation projects. He is also a smart city consulting expert of Smart City Innovation Association of Xiongan New Area and a member of Blockchain Professional Committee of China Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. He has won the second prize of Science and Technology Award of China Business Federation and the third prize of scientific research outstanding Achievement Award of higher education institutions.