Commerce and Economic Development Bureau

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|nativename_a = 商務及經濟發展局

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|headquarters = Central Government Complex, Admiralty

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|employees = 450

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|minister1_name = Algernon Yau

|minister1_pfo = Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development

|deputyminister1_name = Bernard Chan

|deputyminister1_pfo = Under Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development

|chief1_name = Maggie WOng

|chief1_position = Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development

|child1_agency = Intellectual Property Department

|child2_agency = Invest Hong Kong

|child3_agency = Office of the Communications Authority

|child4_agency = Hongkong Post

|child5_agency = Radio Television Hong Kong

|child6_agency = Trade and Industry Department

|child7_agency = Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Overseas)

|website = {{URL|http://www.cedb.gov.hk/|cedb.gov.hk}}

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| t = 商務及經濟發展局

| s = 商务及经济发展局

| y = Sēung mouh kahp gīng jai faat jín guhk

| j = Soeng1 mou6 kap6 ging1 zai3 faat3 zin2 guk6

| p = Shāngwù jí Jīngjìfāzhǎn Jú

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The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau is a policy bureau 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.cedb.gov.hk/about/index.htm |title=Commerce and Economic Development Bureau - Home |website=www.cedb.gov.hk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705114946/http://www.cedb.gov.hk/about/index.htm |archive-date=2007-07-05}}

The bureau is headed by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development.

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.{{Cite web |last=Candice Chau |date=2021-01-29 |title=Minister says Hong Kong SIM card ID registration plan will thwart crime, but expert says workarounds possible |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2021/01/29/minister-says-hong-kong-sim-card-id-registration-plan-will-thwart-crime-but-expert-says-workarounds-possible/ |access-date=2021-02-03 |website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |language=en-GB}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Cheng |first=Mandy |title=Hong Kong sees overall crime rise by almost 50% in first quarter of 2023 - fraud and violent crime up - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/16/hong-kong-sees-overall-crime-rise-by-almost-50-in-first-quarter-of-2023-fraud-and-violent-crime-up/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=hongkongfp.com |language=en-GB}} In May 2023, Cheung Wun-yiu filed a judicial appeal against the SIM card registration policy.{{Cite web |last=Mok |first=Lea |title=Legal bid launched against Hong Kong gov't over real-name SIM card registration - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2023/05/25/legal-bid-launched-against-hk-govt-over-real-name-sim-cards-registration/ |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=hongkongfp.com |language=en-GB}}

Subordinate departments

The following public entities are managed by the bureau:{{cite web |url=http://www.cedb.gov.hk/about/index.htm |title=Commerce and Economic Development Bureau - Home |website=www.cedb.gov.hk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705114946/http://www.cedb.gov.hk/about/index.htm |archive-date=2007-07-05}}

== See also ==

Hong Kong Disciplined Services
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Consumer Council (Hong Kong)
Competition Commission
Communications Authority
Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation

References

External links

[http://www.cedb.gov.hk/ Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (Official site)]

Category:Hong Kong government policy bureaux