Chen Weian, the secretary -general of the Legislative Council, was appointed as the Vi

Chen Weian, former secretary -general of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, was appointed as the vice president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and appointed effective from September 16.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong issued a statement on Monday (August 26) on the official website to announce the above news.

According to the statement, the board of directors of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (referred to as the CUHK) passed the appointment of Chen Weian as the deputy principal (administrative) of the CUHK (administrative) for three years.

At the meeting of the Board of China University of China in February this year, the selection committee started global public recruitment through the establishment of the selection committee.After a wide range of selection, the committee unanimously recommended Chen Weian to the school's board.

Chen Weian has obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering science from Princeton University, a master's degree in Harvard University, and a master's degree in business administration from Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Before investing in public services, he worked in the business community for many years. He has served as an investment bank and a management consulting company, and held multiple senior management positions in the Hong Kong Jockey Club.From 2008 to 2012, Chen Weian served as Deputy Director of the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, and was the secretary -general of the Legislative Council Secretariat from 2012 to 2024.

Chen Weian is deeply honored to be appointed as the vice president of the University of China (administrative). He said: "After years of public service, I am very happy to be able to continue to contribute to the higher education community in Hong Kong.In the past work experience, I deeply appreciated the importance of good institutional governance and professional team collaboration. I believe that these experiences help me to work with members of the University of China, and work together to contribute to the development of this famous institution.

The Vice President of the University of China (administrative) is responsible for the strategic vision of the school's board of directors, manages the development of infrastructure in the university, and supervises the administrative resources and operations of the university to effectively support the academic, teaching and research activities of the university.

Chen Weian's joining CUHK is the vacancy of Wu Shupei, the former vice president Wu Shupei, who was fired last December last year.

At that time, the board of directors of the Chinese University of Hong Kong said at the time that due to the loss of confidence in the behavior of Wu Shupei in handling some important matters of the school's board of directors, he believed that he could not be or unwilling to support the schoolThe board of directors work, so it was decided to immediately terminate his employment relationship with China University.