Li Sufang

Susan So Fong Lee was a lay Buddhist, a Hong Kong Buddhist figure, women's rights activist, and entrepreneur. She was formerly a director of Tom Lee Music.

Career

She was the eldest and only daughter of Hong Kong musical instrument retail magnate Lee Tze-man. Her ancestral home was in Zhenhai County, Ningbo, Zhejiang, and she was born in Hong Kong. She grew up and studied in the United States, where she earned a bachelor's degree and a Master of Business Administration. She later returned to Hong Kong to take over the family business Tom Lee Music and served as a board director. She then pursued further studies in the United States and earned a doctorate in therapeutic studies. She also completed the Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy course at the University of British Columbia in Canada and the University of Manitoba. In 2002, she studied leadership and negotiation at Harvard Law School in the United States. In 2003, she pursued therapy courses in New York and Boston, Massachusetts. In 2004, she obtained a Master’s degree in Buddhist Studies from the University of Hong Kong. From 2005 to 2006, she took part in the “Family Reconstruction” course at the Hong Kong Satir Center for Human Development.

She was influenced by her family to follow Christianity in her early years but converted to Buddhism in 1985. From 1992 to 1994, she was the first Buddhist member of the management committee of the Hong Kong Christian Service. In 1987, she founded the Sunlun Vipassana Meditation Group in Hong Kong and served as the group leader. From 2005 to 2011, she served as chairperson of the Hong Kong Sunlun Vipassana Meditation Association. In 2005, she became the founding chairperson of the Hong Kong Buddhist Dhamma Support Association. In April 2007, she founded the International Compassionate Wisdom Society. From 2010 to 2012, she was vice chairperson of the Hong Kong Buddhist Dhamma Support Association. From 2005 to 2012, she also served on the board of directors of the association. In 2012, she was elected a permanent member of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia. She was also a member of the Jikiden Reiki Institute in Hong Kong. She founded the Bodhinyana International Foundation and served as its vice chairperson.

From 1994 to 2011, she served as president of the Wan Chai District Junior Police Call Activity Committee in Hong Kong. From 1999 to 2002, she was a goodwill ambassador for the Hong Kong Tourism Board in the United States, responsible for promoting Hong Kong tourism. In June 2006, she was appointed as Southern District Fire Safety Ambassador in Hong Kong, honorary president, and founding president. She was also a permanent member of the Hong Kong Satir Human Development Centre. She served as a permanent member of the Virginia Satir Global Network in the United States.