Commerce and Economic Development Bureau

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 an agency 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, currently Edward Yau. It is divided into the Commerce, Industry and Tourism Branch and the Communications and Creative Industry Branch, each headed by a Permanent Secretary.

History

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

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

References

^ "Commerce and Economic Development Bureau - Home". www.cedb.gov.hk. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Commerce and Economic Development Bureau - Home". www.cedb.gov.hk. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007.

External links

Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (Official site)

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v t e 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