Chu has been invited to exhibit his work in various countries such as Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, USA, Canada, Russia, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand. In addition, his work has been featured in numerous international publications.

In 1993, Chu was awarded the Agfa Fellowship Young Photographer Award by Asian Culture Council (a branch of the Rockefeller Foundation). In 2004, he was invited to be one of the prominent speakers of the Internationally Literary and Aesthetic Symposium organized by Bonn University and the Art & Exhibition Hall of Deutschland, Germany.  In 2005, he founded the art photography organization pH5 Photo Group, which focuses on promoting art photography in Hong Kong.  He is also the founder of Hong Kong International Photo Festival. In 2015, he was nominated for the Prix Pictet in France, and in 2108, he was nominated for The Shpilman International Prize of Excellence in Photography in Israel.

Chu’s works have been collected by The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia; M+ Museum, Hong Kong; Hong Kong Museum of Art; Hong Kong Heritage Museum; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou; University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong; OCT Art & Design Gallery, Shenzhen; Osage Gallery, Lee Hysan Foundation, Deutsche Bank Collections; Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong; Mandarin Oriental Hotel Taipei; Hotel LKF; New World Development Co Ltd; Cathay Pacific Airways; Agfa-Gavert (HK) Ltd and private collectors including Collection Uhoda in Belgium and William Lim Living Collection in Hong Kong.

He is represented by Yoko Uhoda Gallery in Belgium and La Galerie Paris 1839 in Hong Kong. He is also the exhibition artist of Blindspot Gallery and Osage Gallery in Hong Kong.