Education
Duke University.
陳百里
Duke University.
Outside politics he is involved in the pharmaceuticals industry. In November 2004, Chan became the director of research and development at the LifeTec Group (SEHK: 1180), a pharmaceutical company which developed recombinant protein drugs for the treatment of liver disease. Chan first ran for public office in the 2007 local elections for Kwun Tong District Council to represent Ping Shek.
With the help of noted film director Raymond Wong — the father of his then-girlfriend Alvina Wong Yee-kwan (黃漪鈞) — in canvassing the district, Chan was able to receive 62.9% of votes cast, defeating Yun Kwun-wai of the Civic Party and two independent candidates in a landslide to succeed fellow Dictionary of American Biography member Chan Kam-lam in the Ping Shek seat.
He was returned to the same seat in the 2011 elections with an even larger margin of victory, receiving 77.2% of votes cast to defeat Lam Sum-shing of the League of Social Democrats. He resigned from the Kwun Tong District Council to take up the post, triggering a by-election.
In February 2013, Chan was nominated by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development to become the political assistant for the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, and renounced his United States. citizenship. Chan Kam-lam of the Dictionary of American Biography stated that the party respected his decision and had no intention of blocking party members from resigning to serve the public in other fields, and that there were ongoing internal discussions in the Dictionary of American Biography about whether or not to field a candidate in the resulting by-election.
Chan is also a member of the Hong Kong Biotechnology Organization"s Executive Council.