Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry explained

Post:Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region

Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry
Chinese: 創新科技及工業局局長
Insignia:Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Hong Kong
Department:Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau
Incumbent:Dong Sun
Incumbentsince:1 July 2022
Style:The Honourable
Appointer:Central People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural:Nicholas Yang
Formation:20 November 2015
Salary:HK$4,021,200 per annum[1]
Website:ITIB

The Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, formerly Secretary for Innovation and Technology, is a Hong Kong Government position created in 2015 by the Leung Chun-ying government after years-long opposition of the pan-democracy camp.

The predecessor, Secretary for Information Technology and Broadcasting, was created in 1998 by merging the previous portfolios of the Secretary for Broadcasting, Culture and Sport and the Secretary for Trade and Industry.[2] Head of the Information Technology and Broadcasting Bureau, the secretary is responsible for managing Hong Kong's broadcasting services, developing the film industry, promoting Hong Kong's telecommunications, and providing support to the application of Information Technology within the Government.[3] The position was abolished in July 2002.

In 2022, Carrie Lam proposed the restructuring of the Government Secretariat, expanding the Innovation and Technology Bureau into "Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau" in response to the policy of reindustrialization of Hong Kong.[4] After the resolution was passed in the Legislative Council, starting from 1 July 2022, the Secretary for Innovation and Technology renamed as "Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry". John Lee, as the next Chief Executive, appointed Dong Sun as the new secretary to the Bureau.

List of office holders

Political party:

Secretaries for Information Technology and Broadcast, 1998–2002

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bgcolor= align=center1 Kwong Ki-chi
鄺其志
April 1998 30 June 2000 Tung Chee-hwa
bgcolor= align=center2 Carrie Yau Tsang Kar-lai
尤曾家麗
1 July 2000 30 June 2002
Technology issues were handled by the Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology between 2002 and 2007, and Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development between 2007 and 2015.

Secretaries for Innovation and Technology, 2015–2022

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bgcolor= align=center rowspan=2 1 Nicholas Yang Wei-hsiung
楊偉雄
20 November 2015 22 April 2020 Leung Chun-ying
Carrie Lam
bgcolor= align=center 2 Alfred Sit Wing-hang
薛永恒
22 April 2020 30 June 2022

Secretaries for Innovation, Technology and Industry, 2022–present

width=10pxwidth=80pxPortraitwidth=180pxNamewidth=180px colspan=2Term of officewidth=80px Durationwidth=120pxChief ExecutiveTermRef
bgcolor= align=center 1 Dong Sun
孫東
1 July 2022 IncumbentJohn Lee

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government. Government of Hong Kong. 12 December 2016. 27 January 2022.
  2. Web site: 2011 . INFORMATION NOTE - Re-organization of the Government Secretariat . 30 August 2014 . Legislative Council Secretariat . Hong Kong Legislative Council . Hong Kong.
  3. Web site: 1998 . Policy Address - Information Technology and Broadcasting Bureau . 30 August 2014 . HKSAR Government . Hong Kong.
  4. Web site: Three new deputies, two new bureaus added in Govt restructuring plan. 2022-05-17.