11 Facts About Nicholas Yang

Nicholas Yang Wei-hsiung, GBS, JP is a Taiwanese-born Hong Kong politician and engineer and a former Non-official Member of the Executive Council.

Nicholas Yang is a former Executive Vice President of Hong Kong Polytechnic University and was the inaugural Secretary for Innovation and Technology, a post he held for five years to 2020.

Nicholas Yang graduated in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.

Nicholas Yang went on to obtain a master's degree at Stanford University in the same field, and worked as a senior design engineer at Intel.

Nicholas Yang became a naturalized US citizen on 2 September 1977.

Nicholas Yang became a US citizen on 8 August 1984.

Nicholas Yang joined Shell Electric in 1983 and served as Executive Director until resigning on 30 September 2003.

Nicholas Yang was a director during its initial public offering and the sale of its fibre-optic business to JDSU.

Nicholas Yang became Executive Vice President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2010.

In July 2012 Nicholas Yang became the target of an investigation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption regarding a government contract which a foundation he directed, the eInclusion Foundation, had obtained in 2010.

Nicholas Yang continued in the role in the administration of Carrie Lam but was removed from the post in a cabinet reshuffle in April 2020.