Professor Hongping Yuan serves as a Professor, the Vice Dean of the Advanced Institute of Technology at Guangzhou University, and the Deputy Director of the Journal Center at Guangzhou University. He has been repeatedly selected among the top 2% of global scientists for lifelong scientific impact (released by Stanford University) and recognized as a highly-cited scholar in China. He has been honored with titles including "Youth Pearl River Scholar" of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou's High-level Talent, Sichuan Province's High-level Overseas Talent, a reserve candidate for the leading academic and technical talents of Sichuan Province, and Guangzhou's Young Talent in Propaganda, Thought, and Culture. His primary research interests include sustainable development, resource and environmental policy, low-carbon and green development, engineering management, risk management, decision-making and operations management, and management theories and methods driven by new technologies. As the project leader, he has overseen more than ten national and provincial/ministry-level research projects. To date, he has published over 150 academic papers in both domestic and international journals such as the European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Business Research, Technovation, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Resources Conservation & Recycling, Energy & Buildings, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Journal of Management in Engineering, Project Management Journal, International Journal of Project Management, Energy Policy, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Waste Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Ecological Indicators, "Systems Engineering Theory and Practice", and "Chinese Management Science". His research has been widely cited by peers, and he has twice received the Sichuan Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award (second and third places). He currently holds academic positions such as Vice President of the China Construction Management Research Association, Chairman of the Youth Committee of the China Construction Management Research Association, and Editorial Member of the International Journal of Construction Management, and Sustainable Horizons.