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 Edward Yau since 1 July 2017
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
Website	CEDB

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
Traditional Chinese	商務及經濟發展局局長
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Sēung mouh kahp gīng jai faat jín guhk guhk jéung Jyutping Soeng^1 mou^6 kap^6 ging^1 zai^3 faat^3 zin^2 guk^6 guk^6 zoeng^2

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	12 January 1986		[1]
4		John Francis Yaxley 易誠禮	27 January 1986	8 March 1987		[2][3]
5		Anson Chan 陳方安生	23 March 1987	April 1993	Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)	[4]
					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
1		Stephen Ip Shu-kwan 葉澍堃	1 July 1997	30 June 2000	2 years, 365 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	1
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
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
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–present)	4
4		Edward Yau Tang-wah 邱騰華	1 July 2017	Incumbent	3 years, 35 days	Carrie Lam (2017–present)	5

References

1. "G.N. 178 of 1986". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 129: 258, 313.
2. "G.N. 348 of 1986". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 129: 486. 31 January 1986.
3. "G.N. 798 of 1987". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 130: 1191, 1233. 13 March 1987.
4. "G.N. 955 of 1987". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 132: 1373, 1480. 10 March 1989.

External links

• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government