Commerce and Economic Development Bureau

Policy bureau of the Hong Kong Government

Commerce and Economic Development Bureau商務及經濟發展局

Emblem of the Hong Kong SAR

Agency overview
Formed| 2007
Headquarters| Central Government Complex, Admiralty
Employees| 450
Minister responsible|

* Algernon Yau, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development

Deputy Minister responsible|

* Bernard Chan, Under Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development

Agency executive|

* Maggie WOng, Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development

Child agencies|

* Intellectual Property Department
* Invest Hong Kong
* Office of the Communications Authority
* Hongkong Post
* Radio Television Hong Kong
* Trade and Industry Department
* Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Overseas)

Website| cedb.gov.hk

Politics and government
of Hong Kong

Laws

* Basic Law

* Drafting Committee
* Consultative Committee
* Article 23 (national security laws)

* 2020 law
* 2024 law

* Article 45
* Article 46
* Article 69
* One country, two systems
* Sino–British Joint Declaration

* Criminal law

* Capital punishment in Hong Kong
* Criminal procedure

* Jury system
* Law enforcement in Hong Kong
* Human rights

* LGBT rights in Hong Kong
* Internet censorship in Hong Kong

Executive

* Chief Executive: John Lee

* Office of the Chief Executive
* Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the HKSAR

* Principal officials

* Chief Secretary: Eric Chan
* Financial Secretary: Paul Chan
* Secretary for Justice: Paul Lam

* Executive Council

* Convenor: Regina Ip

* Government Secretariat and Government agencies

* Civil Service Bureau

* Joint Secretariat for the Advisory Bodies on Civil Service and Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service

* Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau

* Registration and Electoral Office
* Offices in the Mainland and Taiwan

* Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau

* Leisure and Cultural Services Department
* Tourism Commission

* Education Bureau

* University Grants Committee Secretariat
* Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency

* Environment and Ecology Bureau

* Environmental Protection Department
* Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department
* Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
* Hong Kong Observatory
* Government Laboratory

* Health Bureau

* Department of Health

* Home and Youth Affairs Bureau

* Home Affairs Department
* Information Services Department

* Labour and Welfare Bureau

* Social Welfare Department

* Security Bureau

* Hong Kong Police Force
* Hong Kong Fire Services Department
* Correctional Services Department
* Customs and Excise Department
* Immigration Department
* Government Flying Service
* Civil Aid Service
* Auxiliary Medical Service

* Transport and Logistics Bureau

* Transport Department
* Civil Aviation Department
* Highways Department
* Marine Department

* Housing Bureau

* Housing Department

* Commerce and Economic Development Bureau

* Intellectual Property Department
* Invest Hong Kong
* Office of the Communications Authority
* Post Office
* Trade and Industry Department
* Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (Overseas)
* Radio Television Hong Kong

* Development Bureau

* Architectural Services Department
* Buildings Department
* Civil Engineering and Development Department
* Drainage Services Department
* Electrical and Mechanical Services Department
* Lands Department
* Lands Administration Office
* Land Registry
* Planning Department
* Water Supplies Department

* Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau

* Census and Statistics Department
* Companies Registry
* Government Logistics Department
* Government Property Agency
* Inland Revenue Department
* Official Receiver's Office
* Rating and Valuation Department
* Treasury

* Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau

* Efficiency Office
* Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
* Innovation and Technology Commission

* Hong Kong Civil Service

* Administrative Officer
* Political Appointments System

Legislature

* Legislative Council

* President: Andrew Leung
* List of Members of the Legislative Council

* Political camps:

* Pro-Beijing camp
* Pro-democracy camp
* Localist camp

Judiciary

Court of Final Appeal

* Chief Justice: Andrew Cheung

High Court

* Chief Judge: Jeremy Poon
* Court of Appeal
* President of the Court of Appeal
* Court of First Instance

District Court

* Chief District Judge: Justin Ko

Magistrates' Court

* Chief Magistrate: So Wai-tak

Special courts and tribunals:

* Coroner’s Court
* Labour Tribunal
* Lands Tribunal
* Market Misconduct Tribunal
* Obscene Articles Tribunal
* Small Claims Tribunal

Districts

District Officers

* District Councils
* Central and Western
* Eastern
* Islands
* Kowloon City
* Kwai Tsing
* Kwun Tong
* North
* Sai Kung
* Sha Tin
* Sham Shui Po
* Southern
* Tai Po
* Tsuen Wan
* Tuen Mun
* Wan Chai
* Wong Tai Sin
* Yau Tsim Mong
* Yuen Long
* Area committees

Elections

* Democracy
* Electoral Affairs Commission
* Registration and Electoral Office

Chief Executive Elections

* Election Committee

Legislative elections

* Geographical Constituencies
* Functional Constituencies
* Election Committee Constituency

District council elections

* List of constituencies of Hong Kong

* Political parties

* Universal suffrage

Foreign relations

Documents

* Hong Kong identity card
* HKSAR Passport

Consular missions in Hong Kong

* Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
* Hong Kong–United Kingdom relations
* Hong Kong–United States relations
* Hong Kong–Philippines relations
* Hong Kong–Singapore relations

Hong Kong–mainland China relations

* Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and Macau Affairs
* Hong Kong and Macau Work Office
* Hong Kong Liaison Office
* Office of the Government of the HKSAR in Beijing
* Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement

Hong Kong–Taiwan relations

* Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office
* Hong Kong–Taiwan Economic and Cultural Co-operation and Promotion Council

Related topics

* Culture
* Economy
* Education
* Geography
* History

Hong Kong portal

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Commerce and Economic Development Bureau

Traditional Chinese| 商務及經濟發展局
Simplified Chinese| 商务及经济发展局
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Shāngwù jí Jīngjìfāzhǎn Jú
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Sēung mouh kahp gīng jai faat jín guhk
Jyutping| Soeng1 mou6 kap6 ging1 zai3 faat3 zin2 guk6

The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau is a policy bureau of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for policy matters on Hong Kong's external commercial relations, inward investment promotion, intellectual property protection, industry and business support, tourism, consumer protection and competition, as well as broadcasting, film-related issues, overall view of creative industries, development of telecommunications, and control of obscene and indecent articles in Hong Kong.[1]

The bureau is headed by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development.

## History

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In January 2021, the department, under Edward Yau, said that a policy to require SIM card registration, where users of SIM cards would need to link their IDs, was necessary.[2] In May 2023, after the policy was implemented, the government revealed that phone scams increased by 76% from the first quarter of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023.[3] In May 2023, Cheung Wun-yiu filed a judicial appeal against the SIM card registration policy.[4]

## Subordinate departments

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The following public entities are managed by the bureau:[5]

* Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (Overseas)
* Intellectual Property Department
* Invest Hong Kong
* Office of the Communications Authority
* Post Office
* Radio Television Hong Kong
* Trade and Industry Department

## See also

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* Hong Kong Disciplined Services
* Hong Kong Trade Development Council
* Consumer Council (Hong Kong)
* Competition Commission
* Communications Authority
* Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation

## References

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1. ^ "Commerce and Economic Development Bureau - Home". www.cedb.gov.hk. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007.
2. ^ Candice Chau (29 January 2021). "Minister says Hong Kong SIM card ID registration plan will thwart crime, but expert says workarounds possible". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
3. ^ Cheng, Mandy. "Hong Kong sees overall crime rise by almost 50% in first quarter of 2023 - fraud and violent crime up - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP". hongkongfp.com. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
4. ^ Mok, Lea. "Legal bid launched against Hong Kong gov't over real-name SIM card registration - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP". hongkongfp.com. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
5. ^ "Commerce and Economic Development Bureau - Home". www.cedb.gov.hk. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007.

## External links

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* Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (Official site)

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Policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Government

Government Secretariat

Current bureaux|

* Civil Service
* Commerce and Economic Development
* Constitutional and Mainland Affairs
* Culture, Sports and Tourism
* Development
* Education
* Environment and Ecology
* Financial Services and the Treasury
* Home and Youth Affairs
* Housing
* Innovation, Technology and Industry
* Labour and Welfare
* Health
* Security
* Transport and Logistics

Previous bureaux
(after 1997)|

* Broadcasting, Culture and Sport
* Commerce and Industry
* Commerce, Industry and Technology
* Constitutional Affairs
* Economic Services
* Economic Development and Labour
* Education and Manpower
* Environment and Food
* Environment, Transport and Works
* Finance
* Health and Welfare
* Health, Welfare and Food
* Housing, Planning and Lands
* Home Affairs
* Information Technology and Broadcasting
* Planning, Environment and Lands
* Planning and Lands
* Trade and Industry
* Transport
* Works
* Transport and Housing
* Food and Health
* Innovation and Technology

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Government of Hong Kong

* Executive Council
* Government Secretariat
* Government agencies

Bureaus|

* Civil Service
* Commerce and Economic Development
* Constitutional and Mainland Affairs
* Development
* Education
* Environment and Ecology
* Financial Services and the Treasury
* Health
* Home and Youth Affairs
* Innovation, Technology and Industry
* Justice
* Labour and Welfare
* Security
* Transport and Logistics
* Housing
* Culture, Sports and Tourism

Departments|

* Administration
* Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation
* Architectural Services
* Buildings
* Census and Statistics
* Civil Aviation
* Civil Engineering and Development
* Communications
* Companies Registry
* Correctional Services
* Cultural and Creative Industries
* Customs and Excise
* Drainage Services
* Efficiency
* Electrical and Mechanical Services
* Electoral Affairs
* Environmental Protection
* Financial Assistance
* Fire Services
* Food and Environmental Hygiene
* Government Flying Service
* Government Laboratory
* Government Logistics
* Government Property
* Government Records Service
* Health
* Highways
* Home Affairs
* Housing
* Immigration
* Information Technology
* Information Services
* Inland Revenue
* Innovation and Technology
* Intellectual Property
* Investment Promotion
* Labour
* Land Registry
* Lands
* Lands Administration
* Legal Aid
* Leisure and Cultural Services
* Marine
* Observatory
* Official Receiver
* Planning
* Police
* Post
* Railways
* Rating and Valuation
* Radio Television Hong Kong
* Social Welfare
* Tourism
* Trade and Industry
* Transport
* Treasury
* Water Supplies

Statutory agencies
or authorities|

* Accounting and Financial Reporting Council
* Air Accident Investigation Authority
* Airport Authority
* Antiquities Advisory Board
* Antiquities and Monuments Office
* Audit Commission
* Auxiliary Medical Service
* Centre for Health Protection
* Civil Aid Service
* Construction Industry Council
* Consumer Council
* Centre for Food Safety
* Communications Authority
* Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit
* Estate Agents Authority
* Equal Opportunities Commission
* Examinations and Assessment Authority
* Exchanges and Clearing
* Export Credit Insurance Corporation
* Heung Yee Kuk
* Housing Authority
* Housing Society
* Hospital Authority
* Independent Commission Against Corruption
* Insurance Authority
* Independent Police Complaints Council
* Liquor Licensing Board
* Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority
* Office of the Ombudsman
* Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office
* Science and Technology Parks Corporation
* Sales of First-hand Residential Properties Authority
* Securities and Futures Commission
* Tourism Board
* Town Planning Board
* Trade Development Council
* Travel Industry Authority
* West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
* Urban Renewal Authority

Central bank|

* Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Foreign relations|

* Foreign relations of Hong Kong

* Statutory bodies in Hong Kong
* Hong Kong Civil Service
* Administrative Officer

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Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (Hong Kong)

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development: Algernon Yau Ying-wah

Subordinate departments|

* Intellectual Property Department
* Invest Hong Kong
* Office of the Communications Authority
* Post Office
* Radio Television Hong Kong
* Trade and Industry Department
* Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (Overseas)

Predecessors|

* Trade and Industry Branch
* Economic Services Branch
* Recreation and Culture Branch
* Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Branch
* Trade and Industry Bureau
* Economic Services Bureau
* Commerce and Industry Bureau
* Information Technology and Broadcasting Bureau
* Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau
* Economic Development and Labour Bureau

Related organisations and statutory bodies|

* Office of the Communications Authority
* Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration

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