The following is issued on behalf of the Law Reform Commission:

　　The Law Reform Commission (LRC) today (February 28) announced that Professor Xi Chao has been appointed by the Chief Executive as a new member of the LRC for three years with effect from March 1, 2025.

　　Professor Xi, who is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Law of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, will succeed Professor Lutz-Christian Wolff, who has been an LRC member since 2020. Professor Xi specialises in Chinese law, corporate law and governance, securities regulation, financial regulation, and empirical legal studies. The LRC believes that Professor Xi's breadth of knowledge and insights will benefit the LRC's work in law reform.

　　The Secretary for Justice, Mr Paul Lam, SC, who is also the Chairman of the LRC, expressed his appreciation to Professor Wolff for his valuable contributions and advice to the LRC's work over the years.

　　With this latest appointment, the LRC comprises the following members:

Secretary for Justice (Chairman)
Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal (ex officio member)
Law Draftsman (ex officio member)
Mr Justice Johnson Lam Man-hon
Ms May Chan Suk-mei
Mr Stephen Hung Wan-shun
Mrs Janice Choi Kwan Wing-kum
Mr Chan Chak-ming
Mrs Margaret Leung Ko May-yee
Professor Alexander Loke
Professor Michael Jackson
Ms Frances Lok Man-yin, SC
Professor Xi Chao

Ends/Friday, February 28, 2025