Zhong Qirong, GBS, was born in Changsha, Hunan Province, China. She attended Changsha Private Youyou School, the Provincial Daotian Middle School, and Zhounan Private Girls’ School in Hunan. In 1944, she graduated from the Law Department of Wuhan University and later went on to pursue further studies in France, where she earned a doctorate in law from the University of Paris. She was recognized as the first female judge in China. In 1956, Chung settled in Hong Kong. Together with her husband, Hu Hung-lick, she co-founded Hong Kong Shue Yan University and served as its president. In 2007, Canadian amateur astronomer Yang Guangyu named an asteroid, “34779 Zhong Qirong,” discovered in 2001, in her honor. On March 2, 2014, Zhong Qirong died at Ruttonjee Hospital in Hong Kong at the age of 93. She was laid to rest at the Cape Collinson Chinese Permanent Cemetery.