Gary Zhang Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Ir. the Honourable
Native Name:張欣宇
Native Name Lang:zh
Office:Member of the Legislative Council
Term Start:1 January 2022
Constituency:New Territories North
Predecessor:Constituency created
Birth Place:Shanghai, China
Party:New Prospect
Citizenship:China

Gary Zhang Xinyu (born 1989) is a Mainland Chinese-born Hong Kong politician and engineer who represented New Prospect for Hong Kong in the 2021 Hong Kong legislative election and was elected as a Legislative Council member for New Territories North.[1]

Biography

Zhang was born in Shanghai and immigrated to Hong Kong with his family as a teenager. Prior to entering politics, he trained as a railway engineer and worked as an MTR station manager. Zhang was known as the supervisor of Prince Edward Station during the attack that took place there in August 2019. At that time, he called for an independent investigation of the incident.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Meet the newbies in Hong Kong's legislature. The Standard. 20 December 2021. 23 December 2021.
  2. News: Cheng . Selina . New party of mainland-Hongkongers joins legislative race as Ronny Tong’s party struggles to gain nominations . Hong Kong Free Press . 4 November 2021.