Paula Ling

Paula Ling Hsiao Yun is a Portuguese-born Chinese lawyer and politician in Macau. She was elected the deputy to represent Macau in the National People's Congress (China's legislature) in 2008, has served on the committee to select Macau's Chief Executive, on the committee for Macau's Basic Law, and on Macau's Election Committee. In 2020, Macau Business listed her as one of the twenty most influential women in Macau.

Biography Ling was born into a Chinese family that was originally from Zhejiang but later settled in Portugal, in the Azores autonomous region, on Terceira Island. She moved to Macau in 1977, and was one of the first students to enroll and study law at the University of Macau (then known as the University of East Asia). In 2016, as a delegate to the Congress, she advocated for equalizing maternity leave for female representatives. She is also active in the regulation of the legal profession in Macau, and was elected chair of the Macau Lawyers Superior Council as well as serving as a member of the Macau Lawyers Association's committee. She is on the board of the Macau Polytechnic University. She has also engaged in philanthropic work as the vice-chairwoman of the Women's General Association of Macau.

In 2020, Macau Business listed her as one of the twenty most influential women in Macau.