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Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Secretary for the Commerce and Economic Development
商務及經濟發展局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent
Edward Yau
since 1 July 2017
Commerce and Economic Development Bureau
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerCentral People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holderStephen Ip
Secretary for Economic Services
Frederick Ma
Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development
Formation1 July 1997
1 July 2007
WebsiteCEDB
Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
Traditional Chinese商務及經濟發展局局長
Simplified Chinese商务及经济发展局局长
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShāngwù jí Jīngjìfā​zhǎn Jú Kúzhǎng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSēung mouh kahp gīng jai faat jín guhk guhk jéung
JyutpingSoeng1 mou6 kap6 ging1 zai3 faat3 zin2 guk6 guk6 zoeng2

The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development heads the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of the Hong Kong Government. The Secretary is responsible for promoting commerce and the economic development of Hong Kong. The position was created in 2007 by merging the previous portfolios of the Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology and the Secretary for Economic Development and Labour.

List of office holders

Secretaries for Economic Services, 1973–1997

No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1 Derek Jones
鍾信		 November 1973 September 1976 Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
2 David Jeaffreson
謝法新		 September 1976 September 1982
Sir Edward Youde
(1982–1986)
3 Piers Jacobs
翟克誠		 September 1982 12 January 1986 [1]
4 John Francis Yaxley
易誠禮		 27 January 1986 8 March 1987 [2][3]
5 Anson Chan
陳方安生		 23 March 1987 April 1993 Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)		 [4]
Chris Patten
(1992–1997)
6 Gordon Siu
蕭炯柱		 1993 1996
7 Stephen Ip
葉澍堃		 June 1996 30 June 1997

Secretaries for Economic Services, 1997–2002

No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1 Stephen Ip Shu-kwan
葉澍堃		 1 July 1997 30 June 2000 2 years, 365 days Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)		 1
2 Sandra Birch Lee Suk-yee
李淑儀		 1 July 2000 30 June 2002 1 year, 364 days

Secretaries for Economic Development and Labour, 2002–2007

No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1 Stephen Ip Shu-kwan
葉澍堃		 1 July 2002 30 June 2007 4 years, 364 days Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)		 2
Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)		 2

Secretaries for Commerce and Economic Development, 2007–present

Political party:   Nonpartisan   Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB)

No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1 Frederick Ma Si-hang
馬時亨		 1 July 2007 11 July 2008 1 year, 10 days Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)		 3
2 Rita Lau Ng Wai-lan
劉吳惠蘭		 12 July 2008 13 April 2011 2 years, 275 days
3 Gregory So Kam-leung
蘇錦樑		 28 June 2011 30 June 2017 6 years, 2 days
Leung Chun-ying
(2012–present)		 4
4 Edward Yau Tang-wah
邱騰華		 1 July 2017 Incumbent 7 years, 332 days Carrie Lam
(2017–present)		 5

References

  1. ^ "G.N. 178 of 1986". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 129: 258, 313.
  2. ^ "G.N. 348 of 1986". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 129: 486. 31 January 1986.
  3. ^ "G.N. 798 of 1987". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 130: 1191, 1233. 13 March 1987.
  4. ^ "G.N. 955 of 1987". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 132: 1373, 1480. 10 March 1989.
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