Chan Kin-Man

Biography

Chan Kin-man (Chinese: 陳健民, born 9 March 1959) is a former associate professor of sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is one of the founders of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace campaign that strove for universal suffrage for the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election in 2017. In 1993, Chen began teaching at the Department of Sociology at CUHK, and retired in 2019.

Over the years in mainland China and Hong Kong, he has served various positions in the public services, and set up a number of non-governmental organizations. He is currently the director of the Hong Kong Civil Education Foundation and member of the executive committee of the Hong Kong Democratic Development Net...