| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Tuan |
| Chang Lih Kang | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
| Birth Name: | Chang Lih Kang |
| Birth Date: | 1980 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Ipoh, Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia |
| Office1: | Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation |
| Term Start1: | 3 December 2022 |
| Monarch1: | Abdullah Ibrahim Iskandar |
| Primeminister1: | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Deputy1: | Arthur Joseph Kurup Yusof Apdal |
| Predecessor1: | Adham Baba |
| Constituency1: | Tanjong Malim |
| Office2: | Vice President of the People's Justice Party |
| Term Start2: | 28 December 2018 |
| President2: | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Constituency Mp3: | Tanjong Malim |
| Parliament3: | Malaysian |
| Term Start3: | 9 May 2018 |
| Constituency Am4: | Teja |
| Assembly4: | Perak State Legislative |
| Term Start4: | 8 March 2008 |
| Term End4: | 8 May 2018 |
| Party: | People's Justice Party (PKR) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Spouse: | Zhuang Li Zhen (庄丽珍) |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | University Putra Malaysia, National University of Singapore |
Chang Lih Kang (Chinese: s=郑立慷|t=鄭立慷|poj=Tēⁿ Li̍p-khóng|p=Zhèng Lìkāng, born 23 October 1980) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong Malim since May 2018.[1] [2] He served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Teja from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member and State Chairman of Perak of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition. He has also served as Vice President of PKR since December 2018. [3]
Lih Kang holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia and a Master in Public Administration from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.[4] He has a net worth of RM1 million as of September 2022.[5]
Chang lih Kang joined Parti Keadilan Rakyat shortly after he graduated from university and made his debut in the 12th General election. He won the teja seat with 175 seat majority. He would go on to defend the seat with a larger majority in 2013. In 2018, Lih Kang decided to contest for the parliamentary seat of Tanjung Malim, which was a Barisan Nasional stronghold and would go on and win the seat with a 5,000 over majority.
Lih Kang was appointed as a vice president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat by Anwar Ibrahim in 2018. In 2022, he would go on and contest and successfully got elected as the vice president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat once more, thus making him the highest ranked ethnic chinese in Parti Keadilan Rakyat.
In 2022 Malaysian general election, Chang Lih Kang successfully hold on to Tanjung Malim albeit with a smaller majority against Malaysian Chinese Association deputy president Mah Hang Soon. Following the appointment of Anwar Ibrahim as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Lih Kang was appointed as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (Malaysia).
In his capacity as minister, Chang launched the Hydrogen Economy and Technology Roadmap (HETR), which is set to address the 3 critical energy challenges- reliability, affordability and sustainability. The roadmap is a dynamic blueprint for new technologies and innovations in energy transition, embracing the potential of the hydrogen economy.
In August 2023, Chang said the Ekonomi Malaysia Madani plan is a strategic approach drive innovation in the country, in which he sets out the aim for a gross expenditure on Research & Development (GERD) of 3.5% by 2030 and aims for Malaysia to rank among the top 20 i Global Innovation Index (GII) by 2025.
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | N45 Teja | Chang Lih Kang (PKR) | 6,533 | 49.28% | Yew Sau Kham (MCA) | 6,358 | 47.96% | 13,258 | 175 | 68.50% | ||||
| 2013 | Chang Lih Kang (PKR) | 9,732 | 54.44% | Yew Sau Kham (MCA) | 7,650 | 42.79% | 17,877 | 2,082 | 80.80% | |||||
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | P077 Tanjong Malim | Chang Lih Kang (PKR) | 24,672 | 45.44% | Mah Hang Soon (MCA) | 19,314 | 35.57% | 55,613 | 5,358 | 81.22% | |||
| Mohd Tarmizi Ab Rahman (PAS) | 10,311 | 18.99% | |||||||||||
| 2022 | (PKR) | 25,140 | 36.08% | bgcolor= | Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi (BERSATU) | 21,599 | 31.00% | 69,671 | 3,541 | 74.22% | |||
| Mah Hang Soon (MCA) | 20,963 | 30.09% | |||||||||||
| Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (IND) | 1,032 | 1.48% | |||||||||||
| bgcolor= | Amir Hamzah Abdul Rajak (IMAN) | 609 | 0.87% | ||||||||||
| Ishak Zuhari (IND) | 328 | 0.47% | |||||||||||