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Build a more trustworthy digital space and reduce the harm caused by fraud and financial crime.
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HONG KONG ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ALLIANCE
Hong Kong Anti-Money Laundering Alliance
Based in Hong Kong. Connecting international expertise.
The Hong Kong Anti-Money Laundering Alliance (HKAML) is a non-governmental organization focused on anti-money laundering, anti-fraud and the development of a trustworthy digital space. It promotes exchange and cooperation among researchers, technology teams, businesses and professional institutions.
In response to advances in artificial intelligence and the digital economy, the Alliance is developing its Research Institute. It conducts research and cooperation on AI Agent identity and authorization, payment risk, and trustworthiness and risk assessment; proposes standards initiatives for anti-money laundering and trusted transactions; and connects technical methods, governance rules and practical applications.
MISSION & VISION
Connect research and practice through anti-money laundering, anti-fraud and trusted transaction research, standards initiatives and cross-border professional cooperation.
BODIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Clear relationships. Connected expertise.
Both committees are internal Alliance bodies. The Research Institute is in development.
HKAMLResearch · Standards initiatives · Professional coordination
Research Institute
Connect academic inquiry and practical applications.
International Anti-Fraud Cooperation Committee
Connect cross-border anti-fraud resources and coordinate professional exchange and projects.
International Commercial Mediation Committee
Connect mediation resources and support voluntary, impartial procedural coordination.
Independent professional providers: clients contract directly with qualified institutions, which bear the corresponding professional responsibility.
TEAM & EXPERTISE
Different disciplines. Shared questions.
Connect compliance, law, technology and academic perspectives for research and exchange on anti-money laundering, anti-fraud and a trustworthy digital space.
Compliance
Anti-money laundering, identity verification and risk governance.
Law
Authorization, accountability, dispute resolution and cross-border cooperation.
Technology
Agent safety, evidence records and method validation.
Academia
Digital economy, public policy and standards research.
The Alliance’s core team
Chair
Zhang Chuantao
Chair of HKAML. During an Alliance delegation’s visit to Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, he presented the Alliance’s work on cross-border compliance cooperation and Hong Kong’s financial security.
Honorary Chair
Huo Zhenyu
Honorary Chair of HKAML, permanent director of the Fok Ying Tung Foundation and former member of the Beijing Municipal CPPCC. He participated in signing a joint initiative on financial order in the digital world, supporting exchange and cooperation in digital finance.
Special Advisor
Wen WuProfessor
Professor at Zhejiang University International Business School and Executive Deputy Director of the International Research Center for FinTech Security; Director-General of the Central Bank Digital Currency Collaboration Organization (CBDCCO).
Vice Chair
Chen JidongPhD
Former Vice President of Ant Group’s Digital Technologies business, Chief Product Officer for security technology and researcher at Alibaba DAMO Academy; founder of Ant Shield anti-fraud and Alipay facial-recognition payment. Previously Chief Data Scientist at Renren Games’ Big Data Research Center and head of the Big Data Lab at EMC Research China.
Vice Chair & Chief Legal Expert
Fu YingLawyer
International mediator, arbitrator, lawyer and legal scholar. Standing Council Member of the China Council for International Investment Promotion, Chair of the Joint Working Committee for Investment Dispute Resolution, and Senior Partner at Beijing Jingsh Law Firm.
Impartiality throughout research and cooperation
Independent judgment
Membership, commercial payments and partnerships should not determine research, standards or assessment conclusions.
Disclosure & recusal
Participants should disclose relevant interests and recuse themselves from judgments affected by conflicts.
Open discussion & review
Explain evidence and limitations, welcome perspectives across disciplines and jurisdictions, and support fact-checking, challenge and correction.
Clear responsibilities
The Alliance conducts research, exchange and coordination. It has no enforcement or regulatory powers and does not replace professional providers in delivering their services.
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