Professor Arthur K C Li is the Secretary for Education and Manpower of the HKSAR. Before taking up this post in August 2002, he was the Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Formerly he was the Professor of Surgery and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.

Professor Li has received many honours, including the Gold Bauhinia Star, the President's Gold Medal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK, honorary Doctorate of Science by The University of Hull, Honorary Doctorate of Letters by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Honorary Doctorate of Laws by The Chinese University of Hong Kong and honorary Doctorate by Soka University, Tokyo. He also holds honorary fellowships of various prestigious medical bodies such as the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland, the Royal Society of Medicine, UK, and the Royal College of Physicians of England.