An exceptionally eloquent speaker and an author of many academic and popular books and papers with executive legislative experience on the public policy and politics side, she served as Undersecretary for the Environment in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s Government from 2012-​2017. She is regarded as one of the authorities on political topics surrounding China-HK analysis and is a specialist in environment, energy and climate change.

– What China’s carbon neutral pledge means for Hong Kong.

– The Green Economy

– China’s climate change agenda and its timeline for reaching carbon neutrality by 2060. 

– How Asia is embracing a zero-carbon future? China, Japan, South Korea and other Asian economies achieving carbon neutrality.

– What do the most recent developments tell us about “One Country, Two Systems”? About the strength of Hong Kong’s judiciary? What changes in U.S. policy may emerge from the new administration?

– Rather than decoupling, China and the US must find ways to coexist.

– Latest developments in Hong Kong and implications for U.S.-Hong Kong and U.S.-China relations.

– The current state of affairs in Hong Kong and its path forward.

– Sustainable Finance: UN Agenda 2030 Achieving the Sustainability Transformation

The expert is Chief Development Strategist at the Institute for the Environment at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and Former Undersecretary for the Environment of Hong Kong. She served as Undersecretary for the Environment in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s Government from 2012-2017. As Undersecretary for the Environment, she created new dialogue platforms between the government and business sectors to strengthen Hong Kong’s capacity to meet climate change and environmental challenges.

• No Third Person: Rewriting the Hong Kong Story (2018)
• Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong (2010)
• From Nowhere to Nowhere: A Review of Constitutional Development, Hong Kong (2007)
• One Hand Two Fingers (2005)
• Building Democracy: Creating Good Government for Hong Kong (2003)
• Getting Heard: A Handbook for Hong Kong Citizens (2002)