The Grand Bauhinia Medal () is the highest award under the Hong Kong honours and awards system; it is to recognise the selected person's lifelong and highly significant contribution to the well-being of Hong Kong. The awardee is entitled to the postnominal letters GBM and the style The Honourable. The award was created in 1997 to replace the British honours system, following the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The list was empty because no one awarded from 2003 to 2004. Bauhinia, Bauhinia blakeana, is the floral emblem of Hong Kong. List of recipients 1997 Ann Tse-kai Lee Quo-wei Simon Li Elsie Tu Cha Chi Ming Tsui Sze-man Chuang Shih-ping Wong Ker-lee Tsang Hin-chi Henry Fok Chung Sze-yuen Lo Tak-shing 1998 Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales Ng Hong-mun Run Run Shaw Wong Po-yan 1999 Lee Chark-tim Anson Chan Yang Ti-liang Sidney Gordon William Purves 2000 Henry Litton Charles Ching Mo Kwan-nin Jin Yong Jao Tsung-I 2001 Harry Fang Li Ka-shing Yeung Kwong 2002 Donald Tsang Elsie Leung David Akers-Jones Chang-Lin Tien 2005 Lau Wong-fat Chiang Chen 2006 Charles Lee Leo Lee Tung-hai Tung Chee Hwa 2007 Rita Fan Rafael Hui (Revoked in 2018) David Li Lee Shau-kee 2008 Andrew Li Henry Hu Cheng Yu-tung Chan Sui-kau 2009 Henry Tang Hari Harilela Joseph Yam 2010 John Tsang Ronald Arculli Edward Leong Stanley Ho Victor Fung Tin Ka Ping Charles K. Kao 2011 Leung Chun-ying Allan Zeman 2012 Geoffrey Ma Stephen Lam Wong Yan-lung Kemal Bokhary Peter Woo Lui Che-woo 2013 Patrick Chan Anthony Mason Sik Kok Kwong Maria Tam 2014 Jose Yu Charles Ho 2015 Jasper Tsang Cheng Yiu-tong Ho Sai-chu Li Dak-sum 2016 Carrie Lam Tam Yiu-chung Chan Wing-kee Victor Lo Hu Fa-kuang Moses Cheng Lap-Chee Tsui 2017 Matthew Cheung Paul Chan Mo-po Rimsky Yuen Laura Cha Arthur Li Fanny Law Ip Kwok-him Vincent Lo Henry Cheng Tai Tak-fung Jack So Ronnie Chan 2018 Robert Tang Cheung Hok-ming Robin Chan Rosie Young Tse-tse 2019 Yu Kwok-chun Albert Hung Chao-hong 2020 Andrew Leung Bernard Charnwut Chan Chan Tung Xu Rongmao 2021 Andrew Cheung Teresa Cheng Chow Chung-kong Regina Ip Bunny Chan Jonathan Choi Koon-shum Lo Man-tuen 2022 John Lee Tommy Cheung Roberto Ribeiro Andrew Liao Wilfred Wong Ying-wai Peter Lam Ng Leung-ho See also Orders, decorations, and medals of Hong Kong References Orders, decorations, and medals of Hong Kong