Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre

The Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre was a privately funded public policy think tank in Hong Kong. The organisation stated that its aim was "to promote the understanding of the 'one country, two systems' arrangements in Hong Kong and other socioeconomic policies in Hong Kong, for public benefit."[1]

Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre
TypeNon-profit
IndustryPublic policy
FoundedMarch 2006
Headquarters
Admiralty
,
Hong Kong
ServicesResearch
Websitebauhinia.org
Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre
Traditional Chinese智經研究中心

The Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre emerged as a leading advocate of policy to the administration of Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang. Of eight undersecretaries and nine political assistants appointed in May 2008 as part of the Tsang administration's plan to "groom political talents," seven were identified by governance activist David Webb as having close ties with the Bauhinia Foundation.[2]

In the subsequent (first) CY Leung government of Hong Kong, the think tank was said to be "struggling to retain its relevance".[3] However, its Undersecretary for Home Affairs, Florence Hui Hiu Fai, had a senior planning role at Standard Chartered, where Bauhinia Foundation chairman Norman Chan was formerly vice-chairman for Asia, and she also served on the foundation's Health Care Study Group. And the Political Assistant to the Secretary for Home Affairs, Zandra Mok Yee Tuen, was a senior manager at the foundation.

The foundation formally dissolved in March 2022.[4]

Funding

The foundation's opaque funding – it did not reveal the identities of its supporting trust's donors – made its eligibility for tax exempt status controversial.[2]

Management

From 2012, the chairman of the foundation was Donald Li Kwok-tung.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre Homepage". Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  2. "Who is the Bauhinia Foundation?",
  3. Bauhinia Foundation in a quest for happiness, South China Morning Post, 22 November 2012
  4. "Hong Kong's Bauhinia think tank bows out after 16 years, a sign of research centres' waning influence, lack of support". South China Morning Post. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.


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