Leung Chun-ying graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the University of the West of England. Mr. Leung received honorary doctorates from four universities in the United Kingdom, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Shandong Province.

Since the late 1970s, Leung Chun-Ying participated in land use and housing system reforms in mainland China and assisted in leasing land in Shanghai and other mainland cities after the constitutional amendment in 1988. He was involved in the entire process of preparing for the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from 1984 to 1997. From 1997 to 2011 he served as a member of the Executive Council and as the convener of the non-official members of the Executive Council from 1999 to 2011.

Leung Chun-ying was elected as the fourth-term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in March 2012. In March 2017, he was elected as the Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In the same year, he founded the "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Hong Kong Center and the Greater Bay Area Hong Kong Center, serving as the chairman. In 2018, he established the "GX Foundation" and serves as the chairman.

In 2022, he led the establishment of the "Guangzhou Nansha Minxin Hong Kong School" and serves as the chairman of the school board.