Kai-ming Cheng is Emeritus Professor at the University of Hong Kong. He was Dean of Education, Vice-President and Senior Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor of the University. He taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Education as Visiting Professor 1996-2006. He lectures at the National Academy of Educational Administration (Beijing) and SKOLKOVO (Moscow). He has been consultant with most of the major international organizations, initially in rural villages, but recently on education reforms. He has been involved in institutional evaluation, accreditation, policy discussion and training in various jurisdictions. He is on the Global Advisory Boards of various international organisations, and is a member of China Education 30 Forum. Locally he was instrumental in the comprehensive reform which started 1999. He is among the initiators of "Education 2.1", an advocate for education development in Hong Kong.