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Li Dak Sum, originally named Xianquan, from Ningbo, Yin County, Hong Kong industrialist and hospitality entrepreneur, noted for his frequent donations to educational institutions.

Early life

His father, Li Hongfu (also known as Li Yingchu)[1] moved from Ningbo to Shanghai to make a living, rising from a tobacco-and-paper shop assistant to the owner of an electrical supplies business.[2]

Li Dak Sum graduated from Chengzhong Middle School in Shanghai and matriculated at Soochow University (Suzhou) during the Second Sino‑Japanese War. Unwilling to remain in Japanese-occupied Shanghai, he relocated to Chongqing, the wartime capital of the Republic of China, where he was assigned to study accounting at Fudan University’s Beibei campus, graduating in 1945.[2]

After graduation, he joined his father’s Tung Wah Electrical Supplies Company.[2]

Career

In June 1949, Li Dak Sum traveled from Shanghai to Hong Kong on business and remained there. He founded Lok Seng Trading Company, specializing in wholesale electrical materials.[2]

In 1957, Lok Seng established a partnership with the Japanese firm Sampo, which formally appointed Lok Seng as its exclusive distributor for sales and after‑sales service in Hong Kong. Thereafter, Lok Seng became one of Hong Kong’s leading electrical importers, jointly developing joint‑venture plants in Singapore and Malaysia for production, sales, and service of Sampo products.[3]

In 1977, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace.

During the 1980s, he expanded into the hotel industry, serving as Chairman of the Carlton Hotel Group Board.

In August 1987, Sampo and Lok Seng formed a 50:50 joint venture, Sampo‑Lok Seng (Hong Kong) Limited, as the exclusive agent for Sampo products in Hong Kong and Macau, with Li Dak Sum as Chairman of its Board.[3]

Public service

  • 1984: Honorary Doctor of Laws, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 1994: Member, Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
  • 1995: Honorary Citizen of Ningbo, awarded by the Standing Committee of the Ningbo Municipal People’s Congress
  • 1995 Jan 30 – 2009 May 20: Independent Non‑executive Director, Television Broadcasts Limited
  • 1996 Oct 19: Minor planet 3812 Li Daksan named in his honor by Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 1998: Member, Standing Committee, Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference

He also served as President of the Kowloon Radio Dealers’ Association (two terms), Lifetime Honorary President of the Hong Kong Electrical Merchants’ Association, Founding President and Lifetime Honorary President of the Ningbo Association in Hong Kong, President of the Zhejiang Association in Hong Kong, and Chairman of the Boards of Directors of both Ningbo Public School and Ningbo No. 2 Middle School in Hong Kong.

Philanthropy

  • Donated and endowed the Li Dak Sum Building at The Chinese University of Hong Kong; later endowed the new West Wing, also named the Li Dak Sum Building.
  • Donated RMB 3.25 million to construct the Li Dak Sum Foreign Language Building at Ningbo University.
  • Donated RMB 3 million to rebuild the teaching block at Chengzhong Middle School, Shanghai.
  • 1990: Donated RMB 200 000 to install running water in his native Yin County.
  • Donated the building for the Ningbo Disabled Persons’ Rehabilitation Centre.
  • Donated teaching blocks to Dongqian Lake Town Central Middle School, Ningbo.
  • Donated HK$ 1 million to the Zhejiang Economic Strategy and Social Development Research Foundation.
  • 1993 Jan: Donated RMB 5 million to Fudan University; the teaching block was named the Li Dak Sum Building.[4]
  • 1994: Donated RMB 1 million to Fudan University’s School of Management faculty training fund.[4]
  • 1998 Apr: Donated HK$ 2 million to Zhejiang University for the Li Dak Sum Energy Science Building and the Li Dak Sum Scholarship.[5]
  • 1999: Donated RMB 1 million to the Shanghai Ningbo Economic Promotion Association.
  • Donated HK$ 3 million to the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong’s Queen Mary Hospital.
  • Donated RMB 2 million to support China Near‑Earth Object Detection Telescope Project.
  • Donated RMB 200 000 to Ningbo No. 2 Middle School.
  • 2003 Nov: Donated RMB 5 million to Fudan University for the construction of Guanghua Building.[4]
  • 2004 Aug: Donated RMB 3.5 million to Ningbo University for a postgraduate hall.
  • 2004: Donated RMB 4.4 million to the University of Nottingham Ningbo China; its library bears his name.[6]
  • 2008: Donated RMB 8 million to Fudan University for renovation of the Li Dak Sum Building.[4]
  • 2009: Donated RMB 6 million to Fudan University for the construction of Xianghui Hall.[4]
  • 2012 May: Donated RMB 5 million to Zhejiang University to support student international exchange.[5]
  • 2013: Donated HK$ 1 million to Fudan University to establish the Fudan Beibei Alumni Fund.[4]
  • 2013: Donated RMB 500 000 to Fudan University to establish the Fudan Medical Development Public Welfare Fund for hepatitis B research.[4]
  • 2013 Dec: Donated HK$ 2 million to the Open University of Hong Kong.[7]
  • 2015: Donated HK$ 100 million to The University of Hong Kong, facilitating the establishment of a joint stem cell research centre with the Karolinska Institute, Sweden.[8]
  • 2015 Mar: Donated HK$ 100 million to City University of Hong Kong’s College of Veterinary Medicine, establishing the Li Dak Sum–Yip Yio Chin Animal Medicine Development Fund; the Academic Building II was named Li Dak Sum–Yip Yio Chin Building.
  • 2015 May: Donated RMB 110 million to Fudan University, establishing the Li Dak Sum–Yip Yio Chin Management Education Development Fund, the largest personal gift in Fudan’s history.[4]
  • 2015: Donated RMB 20 million to University of Nottingham Ningbo China.[6]
  • 2015 Jun: Donated RMB 100 million to Zhejiang University for the establishment of the Regenerative Medicine Research Centre.[5]
  • 2015 Jun: Donated HK$ 100 million to The Chinese University of Hong Kong to support research and development of Chinese medicine.[9]
  • 2015 Dec 15: Donated HK$ 300 million equally to Hong Kong’s three major universities (HKU, CUHK, HKUST).[10]
  • 2015 Dec 21: Donated RMB 100 million to Ningbo University.[11]
  • 2016 Jan 13: Donated RMB 30 million to sports development in Ningbo.[12]
  • 2016 Feb: Donated RMB 100 million to Ningbo University’s Ocean Science Development.[13]

Honours

  • 1995: Honorary Citizen of Ningbo
  • 1996 May: Magnolia Award, Shanghai Municipal Government
  • Model of Patriotism, Zhejiang Province
  • 1996 Oct 19: Minor planet 3812 Li Daksan named in his honor
  • 1999: Honorary Fellow, The University of Hong Kong[14]
  • 2008: Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Nottingham
  • 2011 Nov: Honorary Doctorate, Fudan University[15]
  • 2015 Jul 1: Grand Bauhinia Star, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  • 2015 Oct: First University Council Member, Zhejiang University[16]

Family

  • Yip Yio Chin: wife (died 2023 Sep 23)[17]
  • Li Bunjun: grandson, Member of the Standing Committee, Ningbo Municipal CPPCC.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Obituary of Li Hongfu (Li Yingchu). *Wah Kiu Yat Pao*. 1972‑02‑03. p. 2.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-lidasan_2-0
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-sharp_3-0
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-fudan_4-0
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-zju_5-0
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-notting_6-0
  7. ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-openU_7-0
  8. ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-hku_8-0
  9. ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8_2016_i396_10-0
  10. ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-11
  11. ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-12
  12. ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-13
  13. ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-14
  14. ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-15
  15. ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-16
  16. ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-17
  17. ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-18
  18. ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%BE%BE%E4%B8%89#cite_ref-19

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