Digital Infrastructure
The Digital Infrastructure Branch of the Digital Policy Office is responsible for ensuring the adequacy, security and robustness of the digital infrastructure, and foster collaboration with the industries to support the sustainable development of digital government, economy and society.
Government IT Business Window
We welcome IT suppliers to provide IT products and services to the Government.
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Legal Framework
To provide a clear legal framework for the conduct of e-business in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Cap. 553) ("ETO") was enacted in January 2000 and last updated in January 2024.
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Domain Name Administration
We are responsible for making the necessary institutional arrangements to ensure that the country-code top level domains (ccTLD) for Hong Kong (“.hk” and “.香港”) are properly managed in the public interest.
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Industry Development
We oversee measures and collaborative efforts to promote industry development.
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Information and Cyber Security
We oversee and implement policies and measures relating to Government IT project’s governance and security.
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Mainland Cooperation
We foster closer collaboration with the Mainland on the connectivity of digital infrastructures and data, as well as to deepen cross-boundary development especially in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Bay Area context.
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Professional Methodologies
We have progressively adopted a number of internationally accepted standards and methods as well as developed its own best practices.
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Cooperation with Other Economies
We established bilateral cooperation framework with other economies. By creating synergy and establish mutually beneficial relationship among relevant government agencies and industry organisations to enhance ICT development in the respective economies, we enhance our competitiveness and international status in the global knowledge-based economy.
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Multi-functional Smart Lampposts
The implementation of Multi-functional Smart Lampposts is to promote smart city development with a view to collecting real-time city data such as air quality and traffic flow as well as supporting the development of digital infrastructure for 5G services.
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Multi-application Smart ID Card (MASC)
The HKSAR Government has been issuing smart identity ID cards to the public since June 2003. The new smart ID card, with enhanced security features, has been issued starting from November 2018 to replace the existing ones.
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Digital Inclusion and Digital Accessibility
We promote various digital inclusion measures to help those in need (especially the elderly) to understand and use digital technology products and services.
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Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund)
SIE Fund was established to alleviate poverty and social exclusion as well as foster the well-being and cohesion of the society by promoting social innovation and nurturing social entrepreneurship.
