Prof. C. C. Chan

Prof. C. C. Chan, SBS, GBS, holds BSc, MSc, PhD, HonDSc, HonDTech degrees.  Distinguished Chair Professor & Director of Research Centre for Electric Vehicles of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Honorary Professor of the University of Hong Kong,. Founder of International Academicians Science and Technology Innovation Centre. Visiting Professor of MIT, UC Berkeley, University of Cambridge, etc. Founding President of the World Electric Vehicle Association. Senior Consultant to governments, academia and industries. Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K., Fellow of Ukraine Academy of Engineering Sciences, Honorary Fellow of Hungarian Academy of Engineering, Life Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of IET, and Honorary Fellow of HKIE. Recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering Prince Philip Medal, Chinese Academy of Engineering Guang-Hua Prize, World Federation of Engineering (WFEO) Medal of Engineering Excellence, Gold Bauhinia Star Medal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Gold Medal of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, IEEE Transportation Technologies Award, named as “Father of Asian Electric Vehicles” by magazine “Global View” and  international electric vehicle community. Awarded as the 2022 Touching Chinese Character, 2025 Global Chinese Award. His major research field includes the philosophy and key technologies of electric vehicles and intelligent energy systems. He published 17 books, over 450 technical papers and holds 10 patents.