Chan Wing-kee, (; born January 1947) is a

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businessman and politician. He is the current member of the standing committee of the

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(CPPCC). He had also been Hong Kong deputy of the

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and chairman of the

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Early life and education

Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1947 with his family root in

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. His father, Chan Sui Wai, was a famous draper in Guangdong and Hong Kong and his uncle, Chan Sui Kau, was the founder of Yangtzekiang Garment Ltd. He studied at three primary schools, Shek Kong, Ling Ying and

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. Chan was sent to Thailand when he was in Form Four where he attended an international school. He subsequently studied aboard in the United States and was graduated from the

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in Industrial Engineering in 1970.

Business career

Chan joined his family's company Yangtzekiang Garment Ltd after his graduation in 1970 as production manager and later became company's sales manager. He was promoted to director in 1977 and managing director in 1987. He has participated in many textile negotiations with the US and Europe for Hong Kong and Macau. Chan is currently an executive director of YGM Trading Limited; director of Hong Kong Knitters Ltd; independent non-executive director of China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Limited and China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited. He was also chairman of the

and an independent non-executive director of

Wheelock and Company Limited } Wheelock and Company Limited is a Hong Kong-based financial real estate company. It was listed as #1249 on the Forbes 2000 list. The group's principal activities are property investment, property development, property management and agency, an ...

Political career

Chan had been appointed member of

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, Textile Advisory Board and Economic Council of Macau. He has been an active member of the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong where he is now the honorary president. In the mid-1980s, Chan was appointed member of Basic Law Consultative Committee both in Hong Kong and Macau, in which he belonged to the conservative faction of the committee and joined the proposal of the

Group of 89 The Group of 89 or Business and Professional Group of the Basic Law Consultative Committee was a conservative political pressure group formed by the conservative business and professional elites led by tycoon Vincent Lo in the Hong Kong Basic Law ...

. In 1989, he co-founded the conservative

New Hong Kong Alliance The New Hong Kong Alliance (, abbreviated 新港盟; NHKA) was a pro-Beijing conservative political organisation in Hong Kong in the 1990s mostly composed of businessmen and professionals. It was considered the more conservative wing of the Group ...

. Chan was also a member of the executive committee of the

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which derived from the Group of 89. In 1993, Chan became Hong Kong deputy of the

, the national legislature of the

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(PRC), in which he served on 8th and 9th Congresses. He was also made

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 ...

and

Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(OBE) by the British authorities in the same year. Chan was appointed

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and member of the

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on the eve of the

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. He was also a member of the Selection Committee, which was responsible for electing the first

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and

Provisional Legislative Council The Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) was the interim legislature of Hong Kong that operated from 1997 to 1998. The legislature was founded in Guangzhou and sat in Shenzhen from 1996 (with offices in Hong Kong) until the handover in 1997 an ...

. In 2008, Chan has been member of the

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which is responsible for electing the Chief Executive. Chan was appointed member of the National Committee of the

(CPPCC) where he was made a standing committee member. He has become the prominent mouthpiece of the Beijing government and vocal supporter of the Chief Executives and the SAR governments throughout the years. He was awarded

Gold Bauhinia Star The Gold Bauhinia Star (, GBS) is the highest Bauhinia Star rank in the honours system of Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system of the Order of the British Empire after the transfer of sovereignty to People's Republic of ...

(GBS) in 2000 and

Grand Bauhinia Medal The Grand Bauhinia Medal () is the highest award under the Hong Kong honours and awards system; it is to recognise the selected person's lifelong and highly significant contribution to the well-being of Hong Kong. The awardee is entitled to the ...

(GBM), the highest honour of the HKSAR in 2016. Chan is also leader of the various Hong Kong's community and business organisations, including vice chairman of China Overseas Friendship Association; chairman of Federation of Hong Kong Guangdong Community Organisations; honorary chairman and president of Hong Kong Federation of Overseas Chinese Associations; Council; honorary chairman of Friends of Hong Kong Association; honorary chairman of Textile Council of Hong Kong; honorary president of Federation of Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers; honorary chairman of Hong Kong Shippers’ Council; honorary chairman of The Hong Kong Exporters' Association; chairman of Cheng Si-Yuan (China-International) Hepatitis Research Foundation. In February 2021, Chan called for the potential elimination of the popular-vote district councillors from participating in the

election committee The Election Committee is a Hong Kong electoral college, the function of which is to select the Chief Executive (CE) and, since 2021, to elect 40 of the 90 members of the Legislative Council. Established by Annex I of the Basic Law of Hong ...

, stating that "The number of district councillors on the committee should be reduced. Another option is to remove the participation of district councillors altogether."

References

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