Joshua Wong Biography

Joshua Wong Chi-fung (Chinese: 黃之鋒; Sidney Lau: Wong4 Ji1 Fung1, born 13 October 1996) is a Hong Kong student activist and politician who serves as secretary-general of pro-democracy party Demosistō. Wong was previously convenor and founder of the Hong Kong student activist group Scholarism. Internationally known for his prominent role during the 2014 Umbrella Movement, his major influence on Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement resulted in his inclusion in TIME magazine's Most Influential Teens of 2014 and nomination for its Person of the Year 2014, recognition by Fortune magazine as one of the world's greatest leaders in 2015, and, in 2017, plans for nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.