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If $S$ is a holomorphic subbundle of a Hermitian vector bundle $E$, its induced Chern connection is $D_S={\pi }_S{D}_E$ on sections of $S$. Orthogonal projection preserves metric compatibility, and holomorphicity of $S$ preserves the required $(0,1)$ operator. Uniqueness of the Chern connection therefore identifies the projected connection.

For a Hermitian metric on a complex manifold, the Chern connection on its holomorphic tangent bundle corresponds to a real metric-compatible connection preserving the almost complex structure. Its mixed torsion vanishes, and in holomorphic coordinates its remaining coefficients are ${\Gamma }_{ij}^k=h^{k\bar{l}}{\partial }_i{h}_{j\bar{l}}$. Symmetry in $i,j$ is equivalent to $\partial \omega =0$; its conjugate gives $d\omega =0$. Thus zero torsion is exactly the Kähler metric condition, and then uniqueness identifies this connection with the Levi-Civita connection.

In a holomorphic local frame, a Hermitian metric on a holomorphic vector bundle has matrix $h$. The trace of its Chern connection curvature is $\bar{\partial }\partial \log \det h$. A frame change multiplies $\det h$ by the squared modulus of a holomorphic unit, whose logarithm has vanishing mixed derivative. For two metrics, the quotient of their determinants is a global positive function, and the trace curvatures differ by the exterior derivative of its logarithmic $\partial$-derivative.

A unitary representation of the fundamental group of a connected complex manifold gives a bundle $(\tilde{X}\times V)/{\pi }_{1}X$ with locally constant unitary transition matrices. Its induced flat unitary connection has $(0,1)$ part equal to its Dolbeault operator, so it is the Chern connection for the induced Hermitian metric. On a compact Riemann surface, zero curvature gives degree zero; the subbundle curvature inequality makes the bundle semistable.