Liu Wei is a Professor at the School of Economics and Management, Nanchang University. He received his Ph.D. from Chendgu University of Technology and was a postdoctoral fellow at Tsinghua University. He has also been a visiting scholar at Tohoku University, Japan. He serves as a committee member of the Circular Economy Division of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, a member of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences and the Sichuan Industrial Economics Society, Deputy Editor of Cogent Economics & Finance, and a young editorial board member for more than ten academic journals, including Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Circular Economy, Soft Science, Enterprise Economy, and Quantitative Economic Research. His research focuses primarily on urban mining; life-cycle management of solid waste; material flow and metabolic analysis of urban critical mineral resources and new energy industries; the coupling between low-carbon energy and economic systems; carbon emissions accounting; and emissions reduction assessment. Dr. Liu has led one project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientists Fund, Category C, and one General Project funded by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. He has also served as a key project member and made substantial contributions to more than 20 research projects, including National Key Research and Development Program projects, major research programs and General Programs funded by the