Biography.guide
Home › People › Trade unionist › Suzanne Wu
Portrait of Suzanne Wu

Suzanne Wu

b. 1980

Hong Kong politician

Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Suzanne Wu

Born 1980. Suzanne Wu is a Chinese trade unionist and politician.

Suzanne Wu Sui-shan (; born ) is a Hong Kong politician. She is the former chairwoman of the pro-democratic Labour Party and project coordinator of the Association for the Advancement of Feminism. After leaving Labour in 2017, she co-founded Community March.

Biography Wu graduated from the St Stephen's College and Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a degree in Language, Culture and Communication. She later went to England with a scholarship and studied at the University of Warwick with a master's degree in Gender and International Development.

She once led union members to occupy the vice chancellor’s office at the Polytechnic University to call for higher pay for the cleaning staff when she served as a student union leader at the institution. Their pay eventually was raised from some HK$4,500 to HK$6,000. She had been a director at the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU), focusing on the interests of cleaning workers and security guards, and is also a project coordinator of the Association for the Advancement of Feminism, advocating gender equality. She is also a founding member of the Labour Party. On 13 December 2015, she replaced Lee Cheuk-yan as the chairwoman of the Labour Party after defeating two other candidates with about 60% support.

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Education
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Warwick
Also known as
Suzanne Wu Sui-shan

People in Suzanne Wu's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Suzanne Wu's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Suzanne Wu?

Hong Kong politician

When was Suzanne Wu born?

Suzanne Wu was born on 5 November 1980 in Jiangmen.

What is Suzanne Wu's occupation?

Suzanne Wu is a trade unionist and politician.

What nationality is Suzanne Wu?

Suzanne Wu is Chinese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Suzanne Wu

· Wikidata: Q21872848

· DBpedia: Suzanne Wu

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Suzanne Wu. https://biography.guide/suzanne-wu/

MLA: "Suzanne Wu." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/suzanne-wu/.

Chicago: "Suzanne Wu." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/suzanne-wu/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-22 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Portrait: Wikimedia Commons · author & licence

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:01 UTC