Ian Fok Chun Wan, Doctor of Social Sciences honoris causa


Dr. Ian Fok Chun Wan, Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) recipient, Justice of the Peace (JP), Deputy of the 11th, 12th & 13th National People’s Congress of the PRC, CEO of Fok Ying Tung Group, Director of Fok Ying Tung Foundation Limited, Chairman of the Council of Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation, Director of Fok Ying Tung Sports Foundation, Chairman of Board of Trustees , Fundação Henry Fok Foundation and Chairman of STDM - Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau, S.A.. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration. He is currently the main person in charge of the Fok Ying Tung Group. The Group business covers a wide range of areas in Hong Kong, Macao and Mainland China, from real-estate development to logistics, etc. He was appointed as the Standing Committee Member of the CPPCC Guangzhou Committee in 1983, and served as the Standing Committee Member of the CPPCC Guandong Committee, Advisor on Hong Kong affairs, and Deputy of the 11th, 12th and 13th National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China. He was the President of The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce.

In early 1980s, as the director of the Youth Committee of The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Fok actively led the committee members to exchange views and strengthen ties with the youth associations in the Mainland. In 1987, he became Member of the Standing Committee of the All-China Youth Federation and later served as its Vice Chairman from 1990 to 2000. In 1992, he co-founded the Hong Kong United Youth Association and served as the founding Chairman. He participated in the establishment of Hong Kong Pei Hua Education Foundation in 1982 and overseeing the Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation, etc. He also partnered with the United Front Work Department of CPC Committee, the Ministry of Education, and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs to provide support and training for ethnic minorities, young teachers at tertiary institutes, and civil servants. Furthermore, he served as the Deputy Chairman of the 8th Board of Directors of Guangzhou Jinan University, a Member of the Advisory Board of Sun Yat-Sen University, committed to cultivating talents for the country and accomplishing the goal of rejuvenating the country through science and technology.

Dr. Fok is the Vice Chairman of Wushu Federation of Asia and International Wushu Federation. In 1987, he founded the Hong Kong Wushu Union and is still serving as its President in present. He was a founder of the Wushu Federation of Asia and he has successfully strove Wushu as a competing sport at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing. In 2022, he initiated the establishment of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Wushu Alliance and served as Chairman of its Advising Committee. Over the past decades, he supported the country's reform, regional welfare and charity projects across Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao through different charitable organizations founded by his father, Dr. Henry Fok Ying-tung. Since 2003, he has been serving as the Vice Chairman of the China Overseas Friendship Association. In 2010, he founded Hong Kong GuangFoZhao Fraternity Association Limited and served as its President. In 2015, he established the Hong Kong Federation of Guangzhou Association and became its President, aiming to support the principles of “One Country, Two Systems”, “Hong Kong People Administrating Hong Kong” and uphold the Hong Kong Basic Law. Furthermore, he has been playing an active role in driving the industrial and commercial development of Macao, promote Macao’s social welfare causes and provide great support to the Faculty of Medicine of Macau University of Science and Technology and Kiang Wu Hospital, etc. Dr. Fok is also the Vice Chairman of the 11th Committee of The All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, Vice Chairman of China Overseas Friendship Association, Councilor of China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, Governor and Chairman of Standing Committee of Hong Kong Pei Hua Education Foundation, Honorary Court Member of The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Member of the University Assembly of University of Macau. He has been awarded the Friendship Award from the State Council of People’s Republic of China, Top 10 Philanthropist of Guangzhou City and “Top 10Outstanding People” of Cantonese in the World, etc.