Ms Chiang Lai-ping, Agnes 蔣麗萍女士

Year of Award

2024

Biography

Ms Chiang Lai-ping, Agnes, from Heze City in Shandong Province, is the founder and Chairman of the Love Foundation, and daughter of the late Dr Chiang Chen, patriotic philanthropist, industrialist, and recipient of the Grand Bauhinia Medal.

After graduating from California State University (CSU) with a degree in Business Administration in the 1980s, Ms Chiang returned to Hong Kong. In pursuit of her dream of singing, she entered the entertainment industry after competing in the 1981 Asian Amateur Singing Contest, and became a triple star in just a few years, singing, and acting in movies and on television. She represented Hong Kong at the CMG New Year’s Gala in Beijing, gaining wide recognition and admiration from audiences across Mainland China, but then left the entertainment industry, started her own family, and went into real estate.

Inspired by her father’s benevolence and patriotism, Ms Chiang concerned about the lack of proper education and care for left-behind children in rural China, and founded the Love Foundation in 2013. The foundation helps rural communities provide social services and healthy development for these children. Ms Chiang is a firm believer in the power of education to transform lives, and since 2018, she has established bursaries at more than 10 universities and many high schools throughout China, helping over a thousand students facing difficulties complete their education and preparing them to become future leaders. Since early 2019, Ms Chiang has collaborated with more than 30 secondary schools in Hong Kong to launch the “Campus Life Campaign” and “Elite Scholarship Programme”, nurturing future leaders and benefiting thousands of students.

This academic year, Ms Chiang and the Love Foundation team partnered with Lingnan University to launch campus initiatives, including an elite scholarship and leadership programme aimed at empowering Lingnan students to become the social leaders of tomorrow. Her charitable work is widely acknowledged and supported, and in 2022 she was given the 17th Compassion Award by the Hong Kong & Macau Taiwanese Charity Fund.