Henry Tang Ying-yen, GBM, GBS, JP (born 6 September 1952, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong politician who served as the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong between 2007 and 2011. He held the position of Financial Secretary from 2003 to 2007. In 2012, he lost the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election to CY Leung.

Tang's family operated in the textile industry and came from Wuxi, Jiangsu to Hong Kong in 1949 to escape the communists that were taking over the Chinese mainland. Henry Tang himself was born in what was then British Hong Kong in 1952. Tang graduated from Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, MI and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan. He is a graduate of class of 1975.

Tang has extensive ties with PRC leaders as his father Tang Hsiang Chien is a former standing committee member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the advisory body to the National People's Congress.

Tang was named Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1993 and won the Young Industrialist of Hong Kong award in 1989.

Between 1995 and 2001 he served as the Chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries. He was also a Committee Member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and a Steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. He was also the Chairman of the Provisional Construction Industry Co-ordination Board (PCICB) before joining the government.

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