Cha Chi-ming (1914 – 28 March 2007), was a Hong Kong industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was the Chairman of CDW International Limited, Mingly Corporation Limited, and Hong Kong Resort International Limited and also a member of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Preparatory Committee, a member of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee, and a

Hong Kong Affairs Adviser Hong Kong Affairs Advisers () were appointed by the Chinese government after the last Governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten carried out his electoral reform in the British Hong Kong, in the eve of the handover of the sovereignty of the city-state fr ...

Life

Cha was born in

Haining () is a county-level city in Zhejiang Province, China, and under the jurisdiction of Jiaxing. It is in the south side of Yangtze River Delta, and in the north of Zhejiang. It is to the southwest of central Shanghai, and east of Hangzhou, the p ...

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

Province. He was a distant paternal relative of the

wuxia ( ), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fiction, its popularity has caused it to be adapted f ...

novelist Louis Cha. He studied textile technology and graduated from

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a national public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigious C9 League and is selected into the na ...

in 1931. In 1994, he donated US$20 million to create the Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation. The Foundation awards prizes such as the

Qiu Shi Science and Technology Prize The Qiu Shi Prizes are awarded on an annual basis in recognition of advances in science and technology. The Qiu Shi Science and Technology Foundation was established by Cha Chi Ming () (1914–2007) in 1994 in Hong Kong, with the intention of promo ...

, to Chinese scientists who have made significant advances in their fields.

Memorial

The Memorial of Cha Chi Ming is located inside of the main building of Haining Library, Zhejiang, China.

Honours

Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

, Hong Kong, 1971 * Grand Bauhinia Medal, Hong Kong, 1997

References

External links

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HKR International Hong Kong chief executives Recipients of the Grand Bauhinia Medal 1914 births 2007 deaths People from Haining Zhejiang University alumni Businesspeople from Jiaxing Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee members Hong Kong Affairs Advisors Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong Politicians from Jiaxing Chinese emigrants to British Hong Kong {{HongKong-business-bio-stub