Bernard Chan Pak-li

Bernard Chan Pak-li
Native name	陳百里
Citizenship	People's Republic of China
Education	Ph.D. in biomedical engineering
Alma mater	La Salle College (1993) Duke University (2003)
Salary	HK$98,000/month

Bernard Chan Pak-li (Chinese: 陳百里, born 1976), also known as Bernard Pak-li Chan is a Hong Kong politician with the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong. Outside politics he is involved in the pharmaceuticals industry.

In November 2004, Chan became the director of research and development at the LifeTec Group (: 1180), a pharmaceutical company which developed recombinant protein drugs for the treatment of liver disease. In 2006, he and his friends co-founded Comprehensive Drug Enterprises, which would go on to win the Hong Kong Award for Industries' Technological Achievement Award in 2007.

Chan is also a member of the Hong Kong Biotechnology Organization's Executive Council.

Chan first ran for public office in the 2007 local elections for Kwun Tong District Council to represent Ping Shek. With the help of noted film director Raymond Wong — the father of his then-girlfriend Alvina Wong Yee-kwan (黃漪鈞) — in canvassing the district, Chan was able to receive 62.9% of votes cast, defeating Yun Kwun-wai of the Civic Party and two independent candidates in a landslide to succeed fellow DAB member Chan Kam-lam in the Ping Shek seat. He was returned to the same seat in the 2011 elections with an even larger margin of victory, receiving 77.2% of votes cast to defeat Lam Sum-shing of the League of Social Democrats.

In February 2013, Chan was nominated by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development to become the political assistant for the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, and renounced his U.S. citizenship.

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