Secretary for Labour and Welfare

Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region

Secretary for Labour and Welfare
勞工及福利局局長
Incumbent
Chris Sun
since 1 July 2022
Labour and Welfare Bureau
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerCentral People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holderMatthew Cheung
Formation1 July 2007
SalaryHK$4,021,200 per annum[1]
WebsiteLWB
Secretary for Labour and Welfare
Traditional Chinese勞工及福利局局長
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLòuh gūng kahp fūk leih guhk guhk jéung
JyutpingLou4 gung1 kap6 fuk1 lei6 guk6 guk6 zoeng2

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare (Chinese: 勞工及福利局局長) of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for labour and social welfare policy in Hong Kong. The position was created in 2007 to replace portions of the previous portfolio of Secretary for Economic Development and Labour and welfare portion from Secretary for Food and Health.

Labour affairs were handled by different ministers before the creation of this position:

Welfare affairs were included in the portfolio of:

  1. ^ "Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government". Government of Hong Kong. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2022.