Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1999, Professor Lawrence J. Lau is a distinguished economist whose research and professional work have focused on econometrics, economic development, and the economies of East Asia. Born in December 1944 in Zunyi, Guizhou Province, with ancestral roots in Chaoyang District, Shantou, Guangdong Province, he graduated with the highest distinction from the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination in 1961 before entering Stanford University, where he received his B.S. in Physics and Economics in 1964. He subsequently earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the Department of Economics at Stanford University in 1966, becoming Associate Professor in 1973 and Professor in 1976. In 1992, he was appointed the inaugural Li Ka Shing Professor in Economic Development at Stanford and served as Co-Director of the Stanford Center for Asia-Pacific Research from 1992 to 1996 and Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research from 1997 to 1999. He was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society and an Academician of Academia Sinica. He currently serves as the Rachel and Ralph K. L. Chan Professor of Economics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Emeritus Li Ka Shing Professor in Economic Development at Stanford University, and Chairman of the Board of the Shenzhen Finance Institute. He previously served as President of CUHK from 2004 to 2010 and Chairman of CIC International (Hong Kong) Limited from 2010 to 2014.