Graduating from the University of Hawaii with a BEd and then an MEd in 1969, Dr Chan has specialised in early childhood education. She was also awarded the American Association of University Women (AAUWScholarship in the same year She went on to get a PhD in the United States.

ln the early 1970s, Dr Chan took up several teaching posts as a part-time and visiting lecturer at universities in the US and Hong Kong. She introduced the concept of "learning through play" in Hong Kong and her techniques were later introduced to Chinese mainland in the 1980s.

Dr Chan was convener and chairperson of "Childhood in the 21st Century -International Conference on Early Education & Development (0-6 Years)", sponsored by UNICEF in 1989.

In 2004, she was the first Asian invited to speak at the Alliance for International Education World Conference in Germany.

ln 2005 Dr Chan founded the Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association's Hong Kong Chapter with a group of early childhood education scholars.

Dr Chan received honorary doctorates in humane letters and laws from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Bath. She was also awarded an honorary fellowship by the Education University of Hong Kong.

Graduated with a PhD in Comparative Education from the University of Hong Kong, Professor Zhang Min-xuan has served as the President of Shanghai Normal University, Deputy Director of the Education Commission of Shanghai Municipal Government, President of Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences and Director of Centre for International Education Studies and Consultation, Ministry of Education, China. He is the first person in Asia to be honoured as a “leader in global education”. 

Professor Zhang is mainly engaged in the comparative study of education policies and the research of teacher education. He has presided over nearly 10 scientific research projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Social Science Foundation of China, and the National Education Scientific Planning and Research Programme and has conducted long-term research on the issues of university student financial aid policies, the emergence of tacit knowledge, and cross-border education policies. He has published dozens of papers in the local journal Education Research and professional journals of other countries. His theses, on more than one occasion, have won the National and Shanghai Outstanding Research Achievement Award. He has been recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Hong Kong. Professor Zhang has rich international experience and has been commissioned by the Ministry of Education on several occasions to participate in international conferences. He has been invited by international organizations such as the World Bank, UNICEF, IIEP, OECD, and the governments of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Cambodia to conduct research, evaluation, and policy-making consultation projects. He also serves on the international editorial boards of the Cambridge Journal of Education and the International Journal of Educational Development, as well as on the board of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE).  

Dr Gary Morrison holds a Bachelor's Degree with High Honours in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He was a University of California Regents Scholar, a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and a member of Phi Delta Kappa, an international association for professional educators. He was awarded a full fellowship to Yale University where he acquired his Master's Degree in the multidisciplinary programme specializing in Southeast Asian Studies, with history as his primary discipline while Cambodian Studies and Cambodian language as his regional specialities. After engaging in international education, he earned a Doctorate Degree at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. 

 
Dr Morrison is not only an educational pioneer, community builder, and innovative thinker, but is also a genuine global citizen whose world-embracing vision has taken him to South America, the Pacific Islands, and Hong Kong. In 1997, he joined the Yew Chung Education Foundation (YCEF) as Head of Admissions, Promotion and Marketing; subsequently took up the post of the Head of Overseas University Placement Programme, and eventually served as the Assistant Director. In 2008, Dr Morrison became the Founding Chairman of the College Governing Council and the Supervisor of Yew Chung Community College. In 2019, he was awarded the inaugural Honorary Fellowship of Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education. 

Dr Stephanie C. Sanders-Smith’s research addresses ongoing dialogues regarding culturally sustaining practices in early childhood education. Through adopting sociological and theoretical lenses, she addresses questions about relationships between teachers and children and between teachers and families, as well as how these relationships are affected by socio-cultural context and school philosophy. Her research specifically targets relationships that result in the recognition of the rights and perspectives of children in educational experiences.  

Her research follows two lines of inquiry: The first line of inquiry utilises the work of Bernstein and Dewey to examine the ways how teachers in schools employ philosophies of progressive early education in supporting democratic relationships with children as well as learning. Her second line of inquiry, through using the Bourdieusian lens, examines family engagement, how teachers build non-hierarchical relationships with families, teachers’ dispositions for engagement, and barriers to relationships between teachers and families.

In 1985, Professor Shi completed her undergraduate studies in pre-school education at Nanjing Normal University. In the same year, she joined the Jiangsu Academy of Education as Assistant Researcher. Over the years, she has held various significant roles, including her tenure at the Shenzhen Kindergarten in 1993 and her subsequent appointment as Associate Professor at the Shenzhen Institute of Education in 1997. 

Since 2005, she has been a dedicated member of the Early Childhood Education Section at the Yew Wah ECE Research Division and as a visiting professor at the Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education (YCCECE) in Hong Kong. Before 2005, Professor Shi's commitment extended beyond her teaching roles and has served as a director for both the Jiangsu Province and Shenzhen Early Childhood Education Associations. Additionally, she has been active in different areas of education, serving as Educational Inspectorate and a member of the expert group for kindergarten teacher training in Shenzhen as well as a columnist for the Shenzhen Special Education Magazine. Professor Shi's significant contributions to the field of early childhood education are underscored by her involvement in numerous research projects at the national, provincial, and municipal levels. Her wealth of experience and profound theoretical insights make her a distinguished authority in the domains of kindergarten education quality assessment, kindergarten curriculum development, and early childhood literacy education. 

Professor Kathy Sylva is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Oxford, Department of Education.  She has conducted large scale studies on the effects of Early Childhood education and care on children’s development.  She has been lead researcher on the Effective Pre-school and Primary Education longitudinal study (EPPE).  She also leads randomised controlled trials to evaluate parenting programmes aimed at supporting children’s language and literacy development.  She has published 7 books and more than 100 papers, most on early childhood, early literacy and ways to support families.  She has been specialist adviser to the UK Parliamentary Select Committee on Education, an adviser to the English regulatory authority (Ofsted), and was awarded an OBE for services to children and families. 

Dr Lui obtained his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1986, 1989 and 1993 respectively. Since joining Yew Chung Education Foundation in 1993, Dr Lui has served in positions such as Chinese language teacher in the Primary and Secondary Schools, Coordinator of Chinese Language Curriculum Development, Director of Teaching and Research Department, Chinese Co-Principal of the Primary and Secondary Schools of Yew Chung International School (Hong Kong), Director of Chinese Curriculum Research Department, and Secretary General of Yew Chung Culture Committee.

During his tenure at Yew Chung Education Foundation, Dr Lui has been in charge of the research and development of the Chinese language and culture programmes of Yew Chung, including the editing of the Chinese as a First Language (CFL) and Additional Language (CAL) curriculum and Chinese Culture curriculum, the design of the CFL and CAL curriculum across all levels, and training for all Chinese language teachers. 

Dr Lui obtained his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1986, 1989 and 1993 respectively. Since joining Yew Chung Education Foundation in 1993, Dr Lui has served in positions such as Chinese language teacher in the Primary and Secondary Schools, Coordinator of Chinese Language Curriculum Development, Director of Teaching and Research Department, Chinese Co-Principal of the Primary and Secondary Schools of Yew Chung International School (Hong Kong), Director of Chinese Curriculum Research Department, and Secretary General of Yew Chung Culture Committee.

During his tenure at Yew Chung Education Foundation, Dr Lui has been in charge of the research and development of the Chinese language and culture programmes of Yew Chung, including the editing of the Chinese as a First Language (CFL) and Additional Language (CAL) curriculum and Chinese Culture curriculum, the design of the CFL and CAL curriculum across all levels, and training for all Chinese language teachers. 

Mr Liu Jian, the 13th Shanghai Municipal Committee Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), is currently serving as the Deputy Director-General of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum and the director of the Shanghai Astronomy Museum Administrative Committee (part of Shanghai Science and Technology Museum).  He has served as Director of the International Department as well as of the Popularization Department of the Shanghai Association for Science and Technology. Mr Liu Jian has long been engaged in the popularization of science and possesses a wealth of experience in the fields of science education and science popularization. During his tenure as Director of the International Department of Shanghai Association for Science and Technology, he was in charge of the organization of the World Engineers Convention 2004, which hosted 3,000 participants and was hailed by Zhou Guangzhao, then President of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Xu Kuangdi, President of the Academy of Engineering as a model of international conference in the field of world engineering and technology. During his tenure as the Director of the Science Popularization Department of the Shanghai Association for Science and Technology, his team was awarded as the National Advanced Group for Popularization of Science by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Central Propaganda Department, and the China Association for Science and Technology, Shanghai Association for Science and Technology was awarded as the Outstanding Organization of the National Popularization of Science Day by the China Association for Science and Technology for seven consecutive years. He was awarded the 2013-2014 Shanghai Advanced Worker in Science and Technology System and the 2017 Shanghai Labour Day Medal.