Brian C. H. Fong
Brian C. H. Fong (, born on 5 December 1978) is a Hong Kong political scholar. He is currently associate professor and founding associate director of The Academy of Hong Kong Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong. He has found and led several civil society organizations. Academic career. Brian C.H. Fong was graduated from the Department of Government and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. After graduation, he joined the Hong Kong Government as executive officer and subsequently left the civil service for academia in 2007. He was then a full-time  Lecturer at the Community College of City University and obtained his doctoral degree at the Department of Public Policy of the City University of Hong Kong in 2012. After obtaining his doctoral degree, Fong joined the Department of Asian and Policy Studies of the Education University of Hong Kong in 2013 as assistant professor. In 2015, Fong and Lui Tai-lok co-found the Academy of Hong Kong Studies, which is the first, and so far only, academy dedicated to fostering Hong Kong Studies within local tertiary institutions. Later Fong was promoted to associate professor and appointed as the associate  director of the Academy of Hong Kong Studies. Social participation. Brian C.H. Fong focuses on studying Hong Kong's governance and constitutional reform, and he keeps participating in related advocacies. He served as the vice chairman of SynergyNet from 2010 to 2019, publishing a number of research reports such as Review of the Governance Performance of the HKSAR Government and Review of Hong Kong's Public Finances. After the Umbrella Movement, there was a rise of localist discourse. Fong edited two Chinese book volumes, namely the Theory of Reforming Hong Kong I in 2015 and the Theory of Reforming Hong  Kong II in 2017. Fong has found several civil society organizations. In 2015, Fong established the Project Civil Autonomy, a crowdsourcing platform for raising resources for civil society groups. In August 2017, Fong and several scholars setup the Progressive Scholars Group, which is a scholars network aiming at promoting “academic autonomy and a strong civil society” for Hong Kong. In January 2018, Fong found the Hong Kong Business Association of Sustainable Economy (HKBASE), an enterprise network which aims at promoting “a strong and sustainable economy for Hong Kong”. Fong was once appointed to several government boards and committees, including Part -time Member of Central Policy Unit of HKSAR Government (From January 2011 to December 2012) and Member of Subsidised Housing Committee of Housing Authority (From April 2014 to April 2018).