Professor Chen is President of Qianhai Institute for Innovative Research in Shenzhen and also Chairman of HKU SPACE (University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education), Distinguished Institute Fellow and Honorary Professor of the University of Hong Kong, Chairman of the Advisory Council of Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research, and independent non-executive director of First Pacific Company, Delta Asia Financial Group, and Wharf Holdings. He is the former President of Lingnan University of Hong Kong, former Member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, former Chairman of the Hong Kong Consumer Council, and former Chairman of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation. He was also the founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Press Council and founding Chairman of the Veterinary Surgeons Board. He was also a member of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and board member of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Corporation. He served the Time Magazine Board of Economists and as a Distinguished Fulbright Scholar. He has also held visiting appointments at Yale, Oxford and University of California (Davis), and is honorary professor of several universities in Mainland. Professor Chen’s research interests focus on Asian economic development. He is a pioneer in the studies on newly industrialized economies. Professor Chen was educated at the University of Hong Kong (B.A and M.Soc.Sc) and Oxford University (D.Phil). He is a Justice of the Peace and was awarded CBE by the British Hong Kong Government and GBS by the Hong Kong SAR Government.