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Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry
創新科技及工業局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Principal Officials of Sixth-term HKSAR Government 20220619 voa.jpg
Incumbent
Dong Sun
since 1 July 2022
Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerCentral People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holderNicholas Yang
Formation20 November 2015
SalaryHK$4,021,200 per annum[1]
WebsiteITIB

The Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry (Chinese: 創新科技及工業局局長), formerly Secretary for Innovation and Technology (Chinese: 創新及科技局局長), 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 (Chinese: 資訊科技及廣播局局長), 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

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Political party:   Nonpartisan

Secretaries for Information Technology and Broadcast, 1998–2002

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1 Kwong Ki-chi
鄺其志		 April 1998 30 June 2000 2 years, 90 days Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)		 1
2 Carrie Yau Tsang Kar-lai
尤曾家麗		 1 July 2000 30 June 2002 1 year, 364 days

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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No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1 Nicholas Yang Wei-hsiung
楊偉雄		 20 November 2015 22 April 2020 4 years, 154 days Leung Chun-ying
(2012–2017)		 4
Carrie Lam
(2017–2022)		 5
2 Alfred Sit Wing-hang
薛永恒		 22 April 2020 30 June 2022 2 years, 70 days

Secretaries for Innovation, Technology and Industry, 2022–present

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1
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 Dong Sun
孫東		 1 July 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 48 days John Lee
(2022–present)		 6

References

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