Mr C Y Leung graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic and Bristol Polytechnic UK. He holds Honorary Doctorate degrees confgerred by four universities in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Shandong.

Since the late 1970s, Mr Leung had participated in the land and housing reforms in China and helped prepare the first land sale in the Mainland after China's constitution was amended in 1988.

Between 1984 and 1997, Mr Leung held senior positions in the entire political transition to the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Between 1997 and 2011, Mr Leung was a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and was the Convenor of the non-official members between 1999 and 2011.

In March, 2012, Mr Leung was elected the fourth-term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Since March 2017, he has been a Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

Currently he is the Chairman of several not-for-profit NGO’s established in Hong Kong, including the Belt and Road Hong Kong Centre and the GX Foundation.