HKITIC | 香港工業總會

About HKITIC
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Annual dinner 2019
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Federation of Hong Kong Industries 57th Annual Dinner
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Cross-Group Gathering
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FHKI and HKSTP Industry Connect II Smart and Green City Solutions
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FHKI Group 25 (Hong Kong Information Technology Industry Council)
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Hong Kong Information Technology Industry Council (HKITIC)

The Federation of Hong Kong Industries is a statutory body founded by the Government in 1960 and is now representing about 2,500 companies in Hong Kong . It divides its members into 32 Industrial groups according to their principal products and business. ‘Group 25' was formed to represent the software and information technology (IT) industry and was formally admitted into the First Schedule of the Federation's Ordinance Chapter 321, passed by the Legislative Council, and published by the Gazette Notice on 19 May 2000.

In view of the rapid growth and importance of the IT industry in Hong Kong and to encourage members to participate more actively in the work of the Federation, ‘Group 25' was organised into a Council in November 2001 under the name of the Hong Kong Information Technology Industry Council (HKITIC).

HKITIC aims to attract a wide spectrum of IT companies and bring together an array of IT related businesses to explore ways of developing the industry in Hong Kong and overseas.

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Objectives of the HKITIC

To create a platform through which HKITIC members shall have better exchange and bonding with other FHKI groups, R&D centers, universities, governmental departments and bureaus, as well as other business/commercial organisations or communities;

To introduce the capacities of our members in different IT areas of special expertise to FHKI members amongst different industries so as to create business opportunities for reciprocal industrial growth and development;

To foster and protect the interests of practitioners of IT industry by making their voices heard by decision-making government officials and their needs addressed in government policy making;

To form a united IT force for supporting the transformation of Hong Kong industries from traditional manufacturing, trading, servicing, sales and marketing into a digital economy of smart production systems, smart logistics and supply chain management, personalised O2O e-commerce, and digital social marketing applying the state-of-art technology in IoT, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Smart City solutions as well as complying important standards of Industry 4.0 and Internet Plus.

To collaborate with members in FHKI or government projects for achieving synergy and uplifting the spirit of group unity benefiting not only the expansion of membership but also the whole HKITIC in establishing a leadership role of this digital industry transformation in Hong Kong.

Structure: Sub-committees

HKITIC, under the auspice of Federation of Hong Kong Industries, has formed a number of sub-committees with a wide-ranging of interests. They are described as follows:

Membership Drive (MD)

To develop a recruitment strategy for HKITIC so that it achieves good representation from across the IT industry.

Government and Sub-vented Funding (GF)

To update group members on various kinds of public funds, loans and grants available for the promotion of IT and benefit of the industry.

International Development and Co-operation (IDC)

To foster better relationships with overseas IT related bodies and associations, to enhance the network effect of the IT community on a global basis for better co-operation.

China Development and Co-operation (CDC)

To foster better relationships with Mainland IT related bodies and associations, to enhance closer co-operation and leverage off each other's strengths.

Academia Exchange – Talent Discovery and Knowledge Advancement (AE-TDKA)

To explore opportunities to exchange and cultivate talents, to enhance the pace of IT knowledge and promote academic co-operation between Hong Kong and elsewhere.

Education and Community Awareness (ECA )

To explore new ways of promoting IT and its relevance to the community as a whole, to handle and disseminate relevant information to Federation members.

Mobile and Multimedia Entertainment (MME)

To support mobile and multimedia entertainment industries in Hong Kong.

Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)

To deal with CEPA issues related to IT industry, and to capitalize on the benefits and incentives open to Hong Kong 's IT sector.

Ethics Committee (EC)

To further enhance ethical consciousness in the IT industry, with particular focus on the use of the Internet medium, and to promote a viable code of practices as guidance to participants in the IT industry, including Internet user

Policy Committee (PC)

To make comments on important consultation papers issued by the Government and other public bodies and to formulate views for submission to Government on issues of public concern and interest to our profession.

Structure: Advisory Committee

In addition to the various sub-committees that operate under the Council, the Council has formed an Advisory Committee whose objective is to provide expert advice and guidance to the Council on matters that may affect the interests and benefits of the IT industry (detailed list of sub-committees as attached). The Council invites experts from the academia, public or private sector to join the Advisory Committee on a personal capacity. They do not need to be a member of the Council or the Federation, nor would they have any voting rights or enjoy other member's benefits and rights. To ensure that the AC can carry out its duty, it will meet 2 or 3 times a year or whenever that is necessary.

The role of the AC is as follows:

To provide independent and expert advice to the Council on any issues that may affect the industry;

To review and comment on the SAR Government's IT strategy and development programme;

To ensure that the Council's activities are in line with the needs of today's businesses and to help accelerate the development and adaptation of information technologies which is vital for Hong Kong's future prosperity; and

To act as interface on IT and related matters for the Council with the Government and industry and to maintain strong ties with industry leaders and government officials.