Secretary for Labour and Welfare

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Labour and Welfare 勞工及福利局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent Chris Sun since 1 July 2022
Labour and Welfare Bureau
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder	Matthew Cheung
Formation	1 July 2007
Salary	HK$4,021,200 per annum[1]
Website	LWB

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:

• Secretary for Social Services before 1983;
• Secretary for Education and Manpower between 1983 and 2002;
• Secretary for Economic Development and Labour between 2002 and 2007.

Welfare affairs were included in the portfolio of:

• Secretary for Social Services before 1983;
• Secretary for Health and Welfare between 1983 and 2002;
• Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food between 2002 and 2007.