Secretary for Innovation and Technology

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Innovation and Technology 創新及科技局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent Nicholas Yang since 20 November 2015
Innovation and Technology Bureau
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder	Nicholas Yang
Formation	20 November 2015
Website	ITB

The Secretary for Innovation and Technology (Chinese: 創新及科技局局長) of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for formulating holistic policies relating to innovation and technology; strengthening the co-ordination among the Government, industry, academia and research sectors; and expediting the development of innovation, technology and related industries in Hong Kong.^[1] The position was created in 2015 by the Leung Chun-ying government after years-long opposition of the pan-democracy camp.

List of office holders

Political party:   Nonpartisan

Secretaries for Information Technology and Broadcast, 1998–2002

№	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Kwong Ki-chi 鄺其志	April 1998	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

Secretaries for Commerce, Industry and Technology (2002–2007)

№	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, 33 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	2
2		John Tsang Chun-wah 曾俊華	4 August 2003	24 January 2006	2 years, 173 days
						Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	2
1		Joseph Wong Wing-ping 王永平	24 January 2006	30 June 2007	1 year, 157 days

Secretaries for Innovation and Technology, 2015–present

№	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Nicholas Yang Wei-hsiung 楊偉雄	20 November 2015	Incumbent	2 years, 327 days	Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017)	4
						Carrie Lam (2017–present)	5

References

External links

• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government