Lim Teck Hoo was a Bruneian businessman and philanthropist of Chinese descent who became a nobility in the country's aristocracy. He was involved in the rebuilding of the country's capital after the Second World War, and the founder of several organisations including Lim Tech Hoo Holdings and Bee Seng Shipping.

Ethnic Chinese in Brunei are people of full or partial Chinese – particularly Han Chinese – ancestry who are citizens or residents in Brunei. As of 2015, they constitute 10.1% of the country's population, making them the second largest ethnic group in Brunei. Brunei is home to one of the smaller communities of overseas Chinese. Many Chinese in Brunei are stateless.