Liu Chak Wan — Liu Chak Wan: from New Era buses to a university, the Macao industrialist who reinvents every decade

Liu Chak Wan: from New Era buses to a university, the Macao industrialist who reinvents every 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. 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.

Liu Chak Wan廖澤雲

Chairman, Kangze Group; Chairman, MUST Foundation Executive Committee; leader, Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association · Kangze Group · MUST Foundation · Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association1950-Published Jan 1, 2026

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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.

Roles & Timeline

BusinessPresent

Chairman, Kangze Group

Kangze Group

Heads more than a dozen entities including Kangze Industrial & Commercial, Kangze Technology and New Era Public Bus, spanning trading, technology, transport, property and finance.

Education2000 - Present

University Supervisor / Board of Trustees Chairman / Foundation Executive Committee Chairman, MUST

Macau University of Science and Technology

Co-founded MUST in 2000 and has long served as University Supervisor, Board of Trustees Chairman and Foundation Executive Committee Chairman.

Association

Leader, Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association

Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association

Long-serving leader of one of Macao's oldest Chinese charitable medical institutions.

National2008

Member, CPPCC National Committee Standing Committee (11th–12th terms)

CPPCC National Committee

CPPCC National Committee member (8th–13th terms); Deputy Director of its Hong Kong–Macao–Taiwan–Overseas Chinese Committee (10th term); Standing Committee member (11th–12th terms).

Public office1999

Member, Executive Council of the Macao SAR

Executive Council of the Macao SAR

Has served on the Executive Council since the establishment of the Macao SAR in 1999.

Education1974

Bachelor (English), Hong Kong Baptist College

Hong Kong Baptist College

Graduated from Hong Kong Baptist College in English in 1974; awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration by Hong Kong Baptist University in 2019.

Honour2007

Honorary University Fellow, Hong Kong Baptist University

Hong Kong Baptist University

Named Honorary University Fellow in 2007 and Distinguished Alumnus in 2016.

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Liu Chak Wan: from New Era buses to a university, the Macao industrialist who reinvents every decade

Profile

Background

Career

I. Diversifying the enterprise

II. Co-founding MUST

III. The Kiang Wu Charitable Association

Defining Moments

1. From counsellor to industrialist

2. A long-horizon bet on higher education

Public Character

Key Achievements