A distinguished entrepreneur and philanthropist, Dr LUI Che-woo runs a group of companies which has expanded and diversified into a worldwide conglomerate of over 200 subsidiaries covering construction materials, property development and hotel.

　　Dr LUI is Chairman of K. Wah International Holdings Ltd., K. Wah Construction Materials Ltd., K Wah Properties (Holdings) Ltd., and Stanford Hotels International. For several decades, Dr LUI has made spectacular contributions to the prosperity of the local economy and to community service. He has held important posts on public bodies, including Chairman of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals in 1981-82, Chairman of The Federation of Hong Kong Hotel Owners, Director of The Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest & Heart Diseases Association, Founding President of Hong Kong - Guangdong Economic Development Association, Chairman of China Association (HK) for Science and Society and Honorary President of Hong Kong - Shanghai Economic Development Association. He was a member of the Selection Committee for the First Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 1996, and later in 1998 served on the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

　　A staunch supporter of education and welfare both in Hong Kong and on the Mainland, Dr LUI has served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Fudan University, Shanghai, the Honorary Chancellor of the Material Science and Engineering College of the South China University of Technology, an Honorary Professor of Wuyi University, Jiangmen and Honorary Dean of Business Faculty, Yangzhou University.

　　In Hong Kong, Dr LUI has also been very supportive of higher education, especially of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and its United College. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of United College and the College's Endowment Fund Committee since 1995. The College and the University have benefited tremendously from his support for academic development and training. The Dr. Lui Che Woo Awards for CUHK/Cornell Student Exchange Programme in Hospitality Management was established with generous donation from Dr LUI to promote academic exchanges of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management.

　　Dr LUI's exemplary contributions to business and the community were reflected by the many honours bestowed on him both locally and overseas. He was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1982. In 1986 he was appointed Justice of the Peace. He is also an honorary citizen of Nanjing, Guangzhou and Jiangmen. In 1995, an asteroid was named "Lui Che Woo Star" by the International Asteroid/ Comet Naming Committee. He was awarded the "Outstanding Contribution Award" in Guangzhou in 1996. In 2001, he received the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.