Tang Hsiang Chien

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Tang Hsiang Chien (唐翔千) GBM OBE JP was a member of the Standing Committee of the 7-9th CPPCC National Committee.

Tang was Born in Shanghai, 1921, Jiangsu Province, Wuxi City. He graduated from Tatung University in Shanghai in 1945 and received a master's degree from Illinois State University, U.S.A. in 1948. He moved to Hong Kong in 1950. He is the father of Henry Tang Ying Yen, the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong. The Tang family was a family of important businessmen and industrialists in Shanghai and Wuxi.

Tang was a famous Hong Kong businessman, his successes on garment industry specializing in woolens and textiles.

[edit] Political and community leader

His position inside the standing community placed him in lead positions on a number of boards and committees. He had an important role in Hong Kong's transfer of power from the UK to China in the years leading up to 1997. His business ventures included managing director of SOCO Textiles (Hong Kong) Ltd., chairman of Peninsula Knitters Ltd. of Hong Kong, general manager of Xinjiang Tianshan Woolen Fabric Co, Ltd. and general manager of Shanghai United Woolentex Group and Guandong Lianfa Woolen Fabric Co. Ltd. His community work included chairman of the Hong Kong Textile Trade Union, member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce. During the reversion of Hong Kong to China, he served on the PRC Consultative Committee on Basic Law, on the first group of advisors on Hong Kong affairs, on the preparatory committee for Hong Kong SAR and on the selection committee for the first Hong Kong SAR government.