Liu Chak Wan is a Macao industrialist — Chairman of the Kangze Group, Chairman of the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) Foundation Executive Committee, and a leader of the Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association. Born in 1950 in Hong Kong's New Territories with ancestry in Yongding, Fujian, he graduated from Hong Kong Baptist College in English (1974), then moved to Macao to run his father-in-law's trading firm, expanding from garments and trading into public transport (New Era Public Bus), technology, property and finance — earning a reputation as a businessman who "reinvents himself every decade." His most public undertaking is the co-founding of MUST in 2000, where he long served as University Supervisor and Foundation chairman. He has sat on the CPPCC National Committee (8th–13th terms), served on its Standing Committee (11th–12th), and been a member of the Macao SAR Executive Council since 1999.
From counselling juvenile offenders in Hong Kong's Correctional Services, to owning what he calls Macao's first fully automated garment factory, to supervising a university — Liu Chak Wan changes lanes roughly once a decade.
Liu Chak Wan is a Macao industrialist: Chairman of the Kangze Group, Chairman of the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) Foundation Executive Committee, and a leader of the Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association. His business career spans garments, trading, public transport, technology, real estate and finance — but his most public legacy is co-founding MUST in 2000 and his long service to the Kiang Wu charitable medical tradition.
Profile
- Chinese Name: 廖澤雲
- English Name: Liu Chak Wan
- Born: 1950 (New Territories, Hong Kong)
- Ancestry: Yongding, Fujian
- Domains: Business · Politics
- Industry: Garments · Trading · Public transport · Technology · Property · Education
- Subject type: Entrepreneur
Background
Liu Chak Wan was born in 1950 in Hong Kong's New Territories, with ancestral roots in Yongding, Fujian. He graduated from Hong Kong Baptist College's English Department in 1974 and — unusually for a future tycoon — began his working life counselling juvenile offenders in Hong Kong's Correctional Services for three years. He then moved to Macao to run his father-in-law's trading company, handling the export of garments and assorted Asian merchandise to Europe, and established what he describes as Macao's first fully automated garment factory — the pivot from employee to industrialist.
Career
I. Diversifying the enterprise
From garments and trading, Liu progressively expanded into public transport, operating the New Era Public Bus company, then into technology (Kangze Technology), real estate and finance. He made strategic property investments in the pre-Handover period when Macao land prices were relatively low. Local media describe him as a businessman who "reinvents himself about every decade" — moving from corrections work to industry, public life, and later technology and finance.
II. Co-founding MUST
In 2000 Liu co-founded the Macau University of Science and Technology — the most publicly significant chapter of his career. For many years he served as University Supervisor, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Chairman of the MUST Foundation Executive Committee, channelling private wealth and energy into building higher education. He has also held educational posts including Honorary Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine and trustee of Jinan University.
III. The Kiang Wu Charitable Association
Liu has long served the Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association — one of Macao's oldest Chinese charitable medical institutions — continuing the tradition by which Macao's merchant class engages in public healthcare and social service through charitable associations.
Defining Moments
1. From counsellor to industrialist
Liu's early work counselling juvenile offenders in Hong Kong's Correctional Services is uncommon among Macao's wealthy entrepreneurs; that public-service background sits in continuity with his later orientation toward education and charity, lending credibility to his image as a businessman who turned to scholarship and public benefit.
2. A long-horizon bet on higher education
Unlike many businessmen remembered for a single named gift, Liu's commitment to MUST has been long-term and institutional — serving as supervisor and foundation chairman, treating the university's operation and growth as part of his own enterprise rather than a one-off act of philanthropy.
Public Character
Liu's public image is that of a Macao entrepreneur who continually switches tracks, straddling industry and public affairs. Media routinely summarise his career as "a transformation every decade": from corrections counselling, garments and trading, and public transport, to technology, finance and higher education. His CPPCC Standing Committee membership and Executive Council seat give him a dual role as both a business leader and a participant in the establishment.
Key Achievements
- Chairman of the Kangze Group, with interests across garments, trading, public transport (New Era), technology, real estate and finance
- Co-founder of the Macau University of Science and Technology, long-serving University Supervisor, Board of Trustees Chairman and Foundation Executive Committee Chairman (from 2000)
- Leader of the Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association, sustaining Macao's Chinese charitable-medical tradition
- CPPCC National Committee member (8th–13th terms); Standing Committee member (11th–12th terms); Deputy Director, Hong Kong–Macao–Taiwan–Overseas Chinese Committee (10th term)
- Member of the Macao SAR Executive Council (from 1999)
- Hong Kong Baptist University Honorary University Fellow (2007), Distinguished Alumnus (2016), and Honorary Doctor of Business Administration (2019)
Information compiled from publicly available sources including zh.wikipedia.org, the Hong Kong Baptist University official website, and MUST. In keeping with living-person principles, this archive records only publicly verifiable business and public-office facts, and avoids private-life or net-worth speculation. If anything is inaccurate or needs updating, please contact us — we aim to respond within 48 hours.