Dr. Annie Wu Suk-ching SBS

Silver Bauhinia Star

The Silver Bauhinia Star is the second rank in the Order of the Bauhinia Star in Hong Kong, awarded to persons who have taken a leading part in public affairs or voluntary work over a long period...

, JP, is a Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

-based Chinese

Han Chinese

Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the...

  businesswoman and activist of Taishan

Taishan

Taishan is a coastal county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. The city is part of the Greater Taishan Region....

, Guangdong

Guangdong

Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...

 origin. She is the daughter of Hong Kong businessman Dr. James Tak Wu

James Tak Wu

Dr James Tak Wu, SBS isa Hong Kong-based conglomerateur. As Chairman of Maxim's Catering Limited, a subsidiary of Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd., he helped co-founded and helped establish a chain of operates restaurants, night clubs, fast food outlets, cake and coffee shops, institutional...

In 1980, she established Beijing Air Catering Ltd, the first joint venture company in the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. She is the Vice-Chairman or Managing Director of more than 15 joint venture air catering and services companies in the PRC.

Affiliations

She is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Consultative Conference of the National Committee of Chinese People. A graduate of the Sacred Heart Canossian College

Sacred Heart Canossian College

Sacred Heart Canossian College is a Roman Catholic girls' school in Pokfulam, Chi Fu Fa Yeun, west Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Founded in 1860, the school currently serves some 1,400 students and 70 teaching staff....

, she helped establish the Hong Kong Federation of Women.

She is Chair of the Chinese History and Culture Educational Foundation For Youth and the Hong Kong Soong Ching Ling Children's Foundation Ltd

Affiliations/awards

She was selected in March 2002 as one of the ten most influential Chinese women locally and abroad in 2001. She received the HKSAR's Silver Bauhinia Star

Silver Bauhinia Star

The Silver Bauhinia Star is the second rank in the Order of the Bauhinia Star in Hong Kong, awarded to persons who have taken a leading part in public affairs or voluntary work over a long period...

 in 1999.
She was awarded the Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree by Carleton College

Carleton College

Carleton College is an independent non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The college enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. In 2012 U.S...

 in Northfield, Minnesota

Northfield, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 17,147 people, 4,909 households, and 3,210 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,452.2 people per square mile . There were 5,119 housing units at an average density of 732.1 per square mile...

in 2009.