The Honourable Henry TANG Ying-yen

Mr Henry Tang is currently a Standing Committee Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Chairman of the Board of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, President of The Légion d’Honneur Club Hong Kong Chapter and Chairman of the Shanghai Tang Junyuan Education Foundation.

Mr Tang served as a Member of the Legislative Council and the Provisional Legislative Council of Hong Kong for seven years from 1991, and was a Member of the Executive Council of the HKSAR from 1997 to 2011. In 2002, he was appointed Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology of the HKSAR Government. He was promoted to Financial Secretary in 2003, and later served as the Chief Secretary for Administration from 2007 to 2011. He was Chairman of the Board of WKCDA from 2008 to 2011. Before joining the HKSAR Government in 2002, Mr Tang was a leading industrialist in Hong Kong. He served as Chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and as a General Committee Member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce from 1995 to 2001.

In 1991, Mr Tang was appointed the Justice of the Peace. In 2000 he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the HKSAR Government, and in 2009 he received Hong Kong’s highest honour, the Grand Bauhinia Medal.