Environment and Ecology Bureau

Environment and Ecology Bureau (EEB; Chinese: 環境及生態局) is one of the fifteen policy bureaux of the Government of Hong Kong. The agency was established on 1 July 2022. The current (since 1 July 2022) Secretary for Environment and Ecology is Tse Chin-wan.

Environment and Ecology Bureau
環境及生態局
Emblem of the Hong Kong SAR
Agency overview
Formed2022
Preceding agency
JurisdictionChief Secretary for Administration
Headquarters15/F-17/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
  • Diane Wong Shuk-han, Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology
Agency executives
  • Janice Tse Siu-wa, Permanent Secretary for Environment and Ecology (Environment)/Director of Environmental Protection
  • Vivian Lau Lee-kwan, Permanent Secretary for Environment and Ecology (Food)
Child agencies
Websitewww.eeb.gov.hk

This bureau was newly established under the re-organisation of policy bureaux proposed by Carrie Lam, the fifth Chief Executive of Hong Kong, and was adopted by John Lee, the succeeding Chief Executive after Carrie Lam.[1] On 19 June 2022, the State Council of China announced the appointment of Tse Chin-wan, previously the Under Secretary for Environment, as the first Secretary for Environment and Ecology.[2]

As an expanded bureau compared to the previous Environment Bureau, the bureau is in charge of portfolios such as environmental protection, conservation of natural ecology, environmental hygiene, food safety, agriculture, fisheries and animal welfare. With the reassignment of the Hong Kong Observatory to the bureau, policies on climate change and meteorology are also under its purview.

Subordinate departments

There are two branches managed by the bureau, with several departments under each branch:[3]
Environment Branch

Food Branch

Centre for Food Safety

Centre for Food Safety is the food safety authority under the Food and Health Department. Established in 2006, it replaced the role formerly under Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (created 1999) and Urban Services Department (pre 1999).

References
  1. "New Hong Kong Leader's Vow to Fix Housing Crisis Draws Skeptics". Bloomberg.com. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. "Principal Officials of Sixth-term HKSAR Government appointed (with photos)". 19 June 2022.
  3. "Organisation Chart of the Government of the HKSAR". 28 June 2002.


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