Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development

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.

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 Algernon Yau since 1 July 2022
Commerce and Economic Development Bureau
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder	Stephen Ip Secretary for Economic Services Frederick Ma Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development
Formation	1 July 1997 1 July 2007
Salary	HK$4,021,200 per annum[1]
Website	CEDB

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 Pinyin Shāngwù jí Jīngjìfā​zhǎn Jú Kúzhǎng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Sēung mouh kahp gīng jai faat jín guhk guhk jéung Jyutping Soeng1 mou6 kap6 ging1 zai3 faat3 zin2 guk6 guk6 zoeng2

The predecessor, Secretary for Trade and Industry (Chinese: 工商局局長), was the head of the Trade and Industry Branch, and later the Trade and Industry Bureau, responsible for securing Hong Kong's access to the world market, helping Hong Kong manufacturers remain competitive in international markets, enhancing the protection of intellectual property rights, and promoting Hong Kong customers' interests.^[2] It was renamed and re-organised as the Secretary for Commerce and Industry in 2000,^[3] and replaced by the Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology (Chinese: 工商及科技局局長) in 2002, with new responsibilities of technology sectors after merging with Secretary for Information Technology and Broadcasting.

List of office holders

Secretaries for Trade and Industry, 1982–1997

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
1		William Dorward 杜華	August 1982	February 1983	Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986)
2		Eric Peter Ho 何鴻鑾	February 1983	1987
					Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)
3		Hamish Macleod 麥高樂	1987	1989
4		John Chan 陳祖澤	1989	1991
5		Brian Chau 周德熙	20 May 1991	November 1995
					Chris Patten (1992–1997)
6		Denise Yue 俞宗怡	November 1995	30 June 1997

Secretaries for Trade and Industry, 1997–2000

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Denise Yue Chung-yee 俞宗怡	1 July 1997	30 March 1998	272 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	1
2		Brian Chau Tak-hay 周德熙	31 March 1998	30 June 2000	2 years, 121 days

Secretaries for Commerce and Industry, 2000–2002

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Brian Chau Tak-hay 周德熙	1 July 2000	30 June 2002	1 year, 364 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	1	[4]

Secretaries for Commerce, Industry and Technology, 2002–2007

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Henry Tang Ying-yen 唐英年	1 July 2002	3 August 2003	1 year, 364 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	2
		John Tsang Chun-wah 曾俊華	4 August 2003	24 January 2006	2 years, 173 days
						Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	2
		Joseph Wong Wing-ping 王永平	24 January 2006	30 June 2007	1 year, 157 days

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 (2012–2017)	4
4		Edward Yau Tang-wah 邱騰華	1 July 2017	30 June 2022	5 years, 0 days	Carrie Lam (2017–2022)	5
5		Algernon Yau Ying-wah 丘應樺	1 July 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 325 days	John Lee (2022–present)	6