Who are the important members of the Hong Kong Web3.0 Association Board?

4 月 11 日，香港 Web3.0 协会今日正式成立，典礼议程包括理事会会长及主礼嘉宾致辞、协会主要成员委任仪式、高峰论坛等议程，出席嘉宾包括香港特别行政区行政长官李家超、香港立法会主席梁君彦、香港保安局长邓炳强等。 香港特首李家超在成立典礼发上表致辞时表示，希望协会与政府合作，为香港的创科及金融发展提速，在吸引人才和企业方面提量，更多顶尖单位来港大展拳脚。 

Li Jiachao believes that Web3.0 plays a key role in the development of fintech. At the end of last year, the virtual assets policy Declaration was issued, which shows that the government has an open attitude and firm determination. Recently, some leading technology enterprises and high-tech startups are considering developing business in Hong Kong, including virtual asset trading platform, blockchain infrastructure enterprises, virtual currency wallet, payment enterprises and other related projects. I believe it can help the development of Web3.0. At the same time, the government will set up appropriate regulation for the market. A new licensing system for virtual asset service providers will be implemented in June to ensure the steady and orderly development of the market.  

Mr Li said that innovation technology was a key development area in Hong Kong and Web3.0 was a golden starting point. It would change the existing business model and create more new opportunities. Hong Kong should dare to be a leader in this wave of innovation. Cyberport has also set up a Web3 base.

Speaking at the launch ceremony of the Web3.0 Association, the Chairman of the Council, Mr Norman Chan, said that the common goal of the members of the Association was to contribute to the development of digital economy in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area and the Mainland. He believed that Hong Kong could become a leading digital economy in the Mainland and that the Association would strive to promote Web3.0 related technological change and industrial upgrading. The Association will also provide advice to the Government on how to promote awareness and professional training of the community on Web 3.0, with a view to making Hong Kong a leading Web 3.0 and digital financial centre in the world.

BlockBeats has found relevant information about council members through reliable sources. The specific personnel and their introduction are as follows:

Mr Edward Chan (President)

Mr. Chan joined the Administrative Service of the Hong Kong Government in 1976. In 1991, Mr. Chan became Deputy Director (Monetary Management) of the Hong Kong Foreign Exchange Fund. When the Hong Kong Monetary Authority was established in 1993, Mr Chan became assistant Chief Executive and was promoted to deputy Chief executive in 1996. During his 12-year tenure, he has promoted a number of important financial policies and projects, including the development of Hong Kong's financial infrastructure, the introduction of RMB banking to Hong Kong, and the promotion of regional financial cooperation among Asian central banks. From December 2005 to June 2007 he was Vice Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank Asia. In July 2007, Norman Chan was appointed Director of the Office of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. On October 1, 2009, Norman Chan succeeded Joseph Yam as chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority on a five-year contract. On March 20, 2014, Norman Chan was reappointed as Chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.

It is worth noting that Chan has a long relationship with digital currencies. He established a fintech company RD Technologies in October 2020, which is dedicated to serving the cross-border payment and other financial businesses in the commercial sector.

Yang Wang (Chief Scientific Advisor)

Yang Wang is a mathematician, Vice President (University Development) and Chair Professor of Mathematics Department of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Director of the Big Data BioIntelligence Laboratory of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Deputy Director of the Institute of Big Data Research of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Professor Wang received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1983, and then his doctorate degree from Harvard University in 1990. Professor Wang began his academic career at Georgia Institute of Technology in 1989 and joined the Department of Mathematics and Professor at Michigan State University in 2007. He also served as Curriculum Director of the National Science Foundation from 2006 to 2007. Professor Wang joined HKUST in 2014 as Head of the Department of Mathematics and was promoted to Dean of the Faculty of Science in 2016. He was appointed Vice-Chancellor of HKUST on 1 October 2020.

Professor Wang was a professor last yearHas said in an interview with the media, Hong Kong's current innovation and technology situation is very good. The central government supports Hong Kong to build itself into an international innovation center. Hong Kong has unique advantages. In the past, Hong Kong only focused on the development of finance and real estate, but in recent years, it has found its niche in innovation, he said. There are some very innovative fintech companies in Hong Kong right now. Especially in the area of blockchain, there are many innovative enterprises in Hong Kong, and they are doing very well.

Mr. Chan Ka-keung (Principal Financial Adviser)

Professor Chan Ka-keung is an adjunct Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is a well-known scholar in the field of computer science and an internationally renowned computer scientist with a high reputation especially in the field of distributed systems and network security. He is also one of the founders of WeLab, a Hong Kong-based Internet fintech company.

WeLab, founded in 2013, is a company with Internet finance technology at its core, committed to providing users with efficient, convenient and intelligent financial services. WeLab's products and services, including consumer loans, microfinance and virtual credit cards, have been trusted and used by tens of millions of users.

Lin 2D (Executive Vice President)

Director and Executive Vice President of China Mobile International Limited, responsible for the company's global market and business development, partnership management and international business management.

Prior to joining China Mobile International Limited, Lin held senior executive positions in companies such as China Telecom and China Unicom, and has extensive international business experience and industry influence. He has a deep technical background and business insight in the Internet and telecommunications sectors and is one of the key management talents of China Mobile International Limited.

Wong Ying-ho (Business Counsel)

Graduated from the Department of Law of Gender University in the UK, he was the chief representative of Hong Kong Law firm Wong Kan Heng Wong Ying Hao, and the president of Hong Kong Young Legal Workers Association. The current investment company PerfectAceInvestmentsLimited (PAIL) chief director, Hong Kong p redictors heng Kennedy wong law firm partner, the 13th session of the national committee of the preparatory committee of Hong Kong and Macao.

Wong Jun-suk (Voluntary Treasurer)

He is a certified public accountant in Hong Kong and a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council. Mr. Wong has about 10 years of accounting, tax and auditing experience in public and private companies in Hong Kong, China. He has been involved in various audit and certification activities of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and is currently a practising director of Wong Lung Tak Certified Public Accountants Limited. He was appointed as an independent non-executive director of Wiscom Holdings Limited on 5 June 2017.

Ding Jun (Vice Chairman)

China Merchants Ship Chief Digital Officer and Director of information Technology, has long been committed to the informatization and digital planning and construction of large-scale shipping enterprises, actively promotes the Internet of things, big data and artificial intelligence technology to enable shipping logistics, innovatively explores intelligent ships and intelligent shipping, leads the construction of industry-leading visual fleet operation platform, and takes the lead in the development and application of intelligent ship technology. He is the technical leader of China Merchants Ship to participate in the major project of Smart Ship 1.0, and the explorer and practitioner of promoting the innovation, development and application of shipping logistics digital technology.

Bao Yu (Vice Chairman)

Founder of Swiss True Digital Foundation and Shenzhen Xiangyun Wanwei Technology Co., LTD. Member, Digital Economy Working Group, United Nations Social Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP ESBN); Executive President of Shenzhen Branch of Electrical Engineering Alumni Association of Xi 'an Jiaotong University; Leader of the International Cooperative Research Project of "Digital Currency and Blockchain" of Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission (2016-2019); He graduated from Xi 'an Jiaotong University with a major in electrical engineering and an MBA degree in finance from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. More than 10 years of senior management experience in product R&D, innovation incubation and investment management in Huawei, ZTE and other enterprises. He has undertaken a number of national key projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. He has published many papers in core journals such as Telecommunication Science of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission. He has 24 Chinese and PCT international invention patents in the field of blockchain.

Ahn Hsing (Vice Chairman)

Vice President and Chief Information Officer of China Resources Venture Limited. Mr. An served as Assistant President and Director of Information Management of China Resources Power Holdings Limited and Assistant General Manager and Director of Consulting of Information Management Department of China Resources (Group) Limited. Prior to that, he worked for Oracle Corporation and has more than 20 years of information construction and management experience. Mr. An holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and Technology from Harbin University of Science and Technology and joined China Resources in 2009.

Joo Junho (Vice Chairman)

Chairman of the board of directors, executive director of Ascend Holdings, executive director of Jin Lifeng Financial, non-executive director of Sincerewatch HK, SincereWatch (Hong Kong) Ltd and directors of Sincere Watch (Hong Kong) Ltd and various affiliated companies. Now he is the senior manager of JinLifeng Financial Consulting Co., LTD., responsible for the implementation of corporate financial projects. It is now also concentrated in the Greater China regionEquity investmentDirector of KingSBI Investment Management Limited. holdUniversity of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Business degree.

Jiang Xiaozhou (Vice President)

One of the three heads of Micro Connect (H.K.) Investment Management, a unit of Drip Irrigation founded by former HKEx chief executive Charles Li, formerly worked at East Eng Investment Management.

Ho Ying Choi (Vice President)

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and one of the controlling shareholders of Time Services Group. Mr. PI was appointed as a director on 15 August 2012 and is responsible for business operations, financial management and sales and marketing. He is also a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Nominating Committee. Peter was appointed as the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Joint Director in March 1992. On 15 August 2012, Time Services Limited (formerly known as Hong Kong-Shenzhen Joint Property Management (Holdings) Limited) was incorporated as an exempt limited liability company in the Cayman Islands. The allotment and issue of one of the shares transferred to Topgrow to Codan Trust Company (Cayman) Limited on the same day. Mr. Ho Ying Choi (one of the beneficial owners of Topgrow) first became the controlling shareholder. Mr. Ho received his Bachelor of Science degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1985.

Initiating agency and member agency

On the other hand, the initiator and member institutions of Hong Kong Web3.0 Association not only gather many giants in traditional financial and communication fields, but also accept a number of professional institutions deeply engaged in the blockchain industry.

Among them, China Mobile International, China Mobile, China Merchants Shipping, Huawei and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, as the initiator of Hong Kong Web3.0 Association, set up a complete industrial industry-university-research chain main body.

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