SHI Rui (石睿)
Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Management and Economics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Management and Economics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Management and Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), working under the supervision of Professor J. Leon Zhao.
I received my Ph.D. in Information Systems from City University of Hong Kong in October 2025, where my thesis focused on transaction fee mechanisms for next-generation blockchain systems. My PhD supervisors are Professor Wei Thoo Yue and Professor J. Leon Zhao.
City University of Hong Kong
Thesis: On Transaction Fee Mechanisms for Next-Generation Blockchain Systems: Economic Analysis and Design
Supervisors: Professor Wei Thoo Yue and Professor J. Leon Zhao
Nanjing University
Thesis: An Optimized Solution to Blockchain-Based Supply Chain Finance
Supervisors: Jiaqi Yan and Sanhong Deng
July 2023 - June 2024 | 200,000 HKD
Role: Person in Charge
Sponsors: Hong Kong Tech 300 Seed Fund & Hong Kong Science and Technology Park (HKSTP)
January 2020 - December 2024 | 2,400,000 RMB
Role: Participant of the fifth sub-project
Sponsor: National Natural Science Foundation of China
January 2019 - December 2022 | 20,659,000 HKD
Role: Participant of the first sub-project
Sponsor: Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) Theme-based Research Scheme
March 2018 - March 2021 | Grant No. GHP-142-18GD | 2,879,120 HKD
Role: Participant
Sponsor: Innovation and Technology Commission, Hong Kong
March 2018 - March 2021 | Grant No. JCYJ20170818100156260 | 3,000,000 RMB
Role: Participant
Sponsor: Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission
Jiewu Leng, Douxi Yan, Qiang Liu, Kailin Xu, J. Leon Zhao, Rui Shi, Lijun Wei, Ding Zhang, and Xin Chen. (2019). "ManuChain: Combining permissioned blockchain with a holistic optimization model as bi-level intelligence for smart manufacturing." IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 50(1), 182-192.
268 CitationsJiewu Leng, Pingyu Jiang, Kailin Xu, Qiang Liu, J. Leon Zhao, Yiyang Bian, and Rui Shi. (2019). "Makerchain: A blockchain with chemical signature for self-organizing process in social manufacturing." Journal of Cleaner Production, 234, 767-778.
235 CitationsRui Shi, Kai-Lung Hui, Wei Thoo Yue, and J. Leon Zhao. "Balancing efficiency and certainty: A structure-driven approach to fee governance for blockchain-based payment systems."
• Resubmitted to MIS Quarterly, September 2025
• The 3rd round decision: Reject & Resubmit, December 2024
Si Chen, Rui Shi, Zhuangyu Ren, Jiaqi Yan, Yani Shi, and Jinyu Zhang. (2017). "A blockchain-based supply chain quality management framework." In IEEE 14th International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE), pp. 172-176.
423 CitationsSi Chen, Jinyu Zhang, Rui Shi*, Jiaqi Yan, and Qing Ke. (2018). "A comparative testing on performance of blockchain and relational database: Foundation for applying smart technology into current business systems." In International Conference on Distributed, Ambient, and Pervasive Interactions, pp. 21-34. Springer International Publishing.
51 CitationsJ. Leon Zhao, Rui Shi, Yiyang Bian, Jiewu Leng, and Xinyu Zhu. (2024). "A method, system, device, and storage medium for resisting distributed denial of service attacks." Application No. CN202011162057.3. Patent No. CN114513317A. Grant Date: 4 Jun 2024. China National Intellectual Property Administration.
Master of Finance Programme | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
Role: Instructor
Undergraduate Level | City University of Hong Kong
Role: Instructor
Teaching Rating: 5.79/7.00 (mean), 6.00/7.00 (median)
"The tutor is rather helpful, and willing to answer every question."
"The teacher tried to explain everything as best as he could no matter how silly the question was. He was very attentive to every student's comments and concerns. He helped a lot in my learning experience. Thank you!"
"The tutor was patient and imported some knowledge that is out of the course."
Graduate Level | City University of Hong Kong
Role: Technical Support
Responsibilities:
Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong
Responsibilities:
Blockchain Innovation Lab, Nanjing University
Responsibilities:
Jiangsu PeerFinTech Ltd.
Responsibilities:
China Tourism Science Annual Conference, 2021
Analyzing the Homogeneity of Tourism Destination Images Based on the Internet Big Data
Xunlei Global Blockchain Application Challenge Competition, 2018
FinChain: Blockchain-Based Supply Chain Finance Platform
Role: Team Leader
Email: shirui@cuhk.edu.cn
Phone: +86-18260041133 / +852-59816062
Website: http://shirui.space/
Location: School of Management and Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China