- Lawrence Juen-Yee LAU
Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Scholars
Professor Lawrence J. Lau received his B.S. degree (with Great Distinction)
in Physics from Stanford University in 1964 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in
Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1966 and 1969
respectively. He joined the faculty of the Department of Economics at Stanford
University in 1966, becoming Professor of Economics in 1976 and the first
Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in Economic Development at Stanford University in 1992.
From 1992 to 1996, he served as a Co-Director of the Asia-Pacific Research
Center at Stanford University, and from 1997 to 1999, as the Director of the
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He became Kwoh-Ting Li
Professor in Economic Development, Emeritus, upon his retirement from Stanford
University in 2006. From 2004 to 2010, Professor Lau served as Vice-Chancellor
(President) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. From 2010 to 2014, he served
as Chairman of CIC International (Hong Kong) Co., Limited. Since 2007,
Professor Lau has also been serving concurrently as Ralph and Claire Landau
Professor of Economics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Professor Lau was a member of 11th and 12th National Committee of the Chinese
People’s Political Consultative Conference (and a Vice-Chairman of its
Subcommittee of Economics). He currently serves as a Vice-Chairman of the China
Center for International Economic Exchanges, a Vice-President of the China
Science Center of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, an Adviser to
the National Bureau of Statistics of the People’s Republic of China, a member of
the International Advisory Council of the China Development Bank and Chairman of
the Board of Directors of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
Advanced Finance Institute. Professor Lau also serves as a member of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region Exchange Fund Advisory Committee, a member of
its Currency Board and Investment Sub-Committees and Chairman of its Governance
Sub-Committee, as well as a member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council
(HKTDC) Belt and Road Committee. In addition, he also serves as a Member and
Chairman of the Prize Recommendation Committee for the LUI Che Woo Prize, a
Vice-Chairman of Our Hong Kong Foundation, as well as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly
Exchange, Taipei. He currently serves as an independent non-executive Director
of AIA Group Limited, Hong Kong, CNOOC Limited, Hong Kong, Semiconductor
Manufacturing International Corporation, Hong Kong Hysan Development Company
Limited, Hong Kong, and Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd., Taipei.
