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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
Gregory So
since 28 June 2011
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 and 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
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSēung mouh kahp gīng jai faat jín guhk guhk jéung
JyutpingSoeng1 mou6 kap6 ging1 zai3 faat3 zin2 guk6 guk6 zoeng2

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The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Chinese: 商務及經濟發展局局長), head of Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, is responsible for promoting the commerce and economic development in Hong Kong. The position was created in 2007 by merging the previous portfolios of Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology and Secretary for Economic Development and Labour.

List of office holders

Secretaries for Economic Services, 1973–1997

№ 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 January 1986
4 John Francis Yaxley
易誠禮		 May 1986 February 1987
5 Anson Chan
陳方安生		 March 1987 April 1993 Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)
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

№ Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
bgcolor=Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color align=center| 1 Stephen Ip Shu-kwan
葉澍堃		 1 July 1997 30 June 2000 2 years, 365 days Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)		 1
bgcolor=Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color align=center| 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

№ Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color align=center| 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)

№ Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
bgcolor=Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color align=center| 1 Frederick Ma Si-hang
馬時亨		 1 July 2007 11 July 2008 1 year, 10 days Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)		 3
bgcolor=Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color align=center| 2 Rita Lau Ng Wai-lan
劉吳惠蘭		 12 July 2008 13 April 2011 2 years, 275 days
rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:DABHK/meta/color align=center| 3 Gregory So Kam-leung
蘇錦樑		 28 June 2011 Incumbent 13 years, 335 days
Leung Chun-ying
(2012–present)		 4
bgcolor=Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color align=center| 4 Edward Yau Tang-wah
邱騰華		 Taking office in 1 July 2017 Carrie Lam
(Taking office in 2017)		 5
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