Core Members

Prof. Haitian LU is Hong Kong Sustaintech Foundation Professor in Accounting and Finance, Director of Mainland Development Office and Co-Director of the Center for Economic Sustainability and Entrepreneurial Finance (CESEF) at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Prof. Lu obtained his Ph.D in law from National University of Singapore, Master of Law from Liverpool University and Bachelor of Law from Nanjing University. During January to June 2016 he was visiting research professor at New York University Stern School of Business. Prof. Lu’s teaching and research interest centers on the FinTech, RegTech, SustainTech, ethics and regulatory framework in Hong Kong and mainland China. He is the author / co-author of the books Secured Finance Law in China and Hong Kong (2010 Cambridge University Press), Truths and Half Truths: China’s Socio-Economic Reforms 1978-2010 (2011 Chandos Publishing), and The Role of China in Global Dirty Industry Migration (2008 Chandos Publishing). Prof. Lu had secured and completed 20 interdisciplinary projects with total funding over HKD 10 million. He is a frequent speaker at prominent international conferences and has published widely in leading law, finance, economics and management journals.

Prof. LU contributes to the academic and professional society by serving as Associate Editor of Journal of Financial Stability (SSCI), Council Member of Chinese Financial Association of Hong Kong (HCFA), Chief-Consultant of Chinese FI Finance & Treasury Association of Hong Kong (CFFTA), Deputy Director of the ESG Committee of Chinese Asset Management Association of Hong Kong (CAMAHK), executive committee member of the Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD), management committee member of the Smart City Research Institute (SCRI) at PolyU. He also chairs the course management committee at PolyU’s Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office. He was previously Associate Dean of PolyU Faculty of Business (2018-2020), and Associate Head of PolyU School of Accounting and Finance (2012-2017). He is the Vice-chairman of the Federation of Alumni Association of Chinese Colleges and Universities in Hong Kong (2018-present), Vice-chairman of Greater Bay Area Fintech Promotion Association Limited (2019-present) and Deputy-Director General of the Macau International Healthcare Think Tank (2019-). He was also the external subject reviewer for Tung Wah College, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Caritas Francis Hsu College; external expert member for PRC IQS Working Group of the Hong Kong Institute of Charted Secretaries (HKICS); external examiner for Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Public Accountant (HKICPA); judge panel member for the Best Corporate Governance Disclosure Award 2012-2017, and President of the Hong Kong Alumni Association of Nanjing University, etc. Prof. LU was awarded “Ten Outstanding New Hong Kong Youngsters” in 2020.

• Bachelor of Law, Nanjing University
• Master of Laws, The University of Liverpool