Annie Wu

Annie Wu Suk-ching, SBS, JP (; born 13 September 1948) is a Hong Kong businesswoman of Taishan, Guangdong origin. She is the eldest daughter of Dr James Tak Wu, founder of Maxim's Catering, and is a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Early life and career Wu was born and grew up in Hong Kong, and studied at Sacred Heart Canossian College and then (1968-70) at Armstrong College in Berkeley in the United States. Wu is honorary president of Beijing Air Catering Ltd, the first sino-foreign joint-venture company to be set up in the People's Republic of China. She is the managing director of private firm Hong Kong Beijing Air Catering Ltd. Opposition to 2019–20 Hong Kong protests In September 2019, Wu attracted attention when she criticised the Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protest. She drew praise from Chinese newspaper People’s Daily shortly after competitor (in mooncake sales) Garic Kwok had been criticised for supporting the protests, harming sales of his family's Taipan Bread & Cakes brand. Later the same month, as supervisory consultant of the Hong Kong Federation of Women, Wu took her views to the United Nations Human Rights Council, igniting protests and vandalisation of her father's restaurant chain.