Joseph Wong

Joseph Wong Wing-ping GBS, JP (Cantonese : 王永平; born 25 July 1948) was the Secretary for Education Department, Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology and the Secretary for the Civil Service in Hong Kong.

For other people with similar names, see Joe Wong (disambiguation).

Joseph Wong Wing-ping GBS, JP
王永平
Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology
In office 24 January 2006 – 30 June 2007
Preceded by	John Tsang
Secretary for the Civil Service
In office 1 August 2000 – 24 January 2006
Preceded by	Lam Woon-kwong
Succeeded by	Denise Yue
Personal details
Born	(1948-07-25) July 25, 1948 (age 77) British Hong Kong
Alma mater	The University of Hong Kong University of Oxford
Occupation	Professor at the City University of Hong Kong

Wong completed his secondary school education at Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, an eminent all-male Roman Catholic Jesuit school in Hong Kong. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1969. He also attended a one-year postgraduate course at the University of Oxford in 1974 and an eight-week Executive Program at Stanford University in 1989.

Wong is a career civil servant and was previously Hong Kong's permanent representative to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). He has also been a professor at the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.^[1]

He continues to provide public commentary through opinion pieces in local media, such as South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Economic Journal and EJ Insight.^[2]