Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office (Taiwan)

Political representative office in Taipei, Taiwan

John Leung, Director^[3]

Websitewww.hketco.hk

Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office

Traditional Chinese

香港經濟貿易文化辦事處

Simplified Chinese

香港经济贸易文化办事处

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xiānggǎng Jīngjì Màoyì Wénhuà Bànshìchù
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Hēung góng gīng jai mauh yihk màhn fa baahn sih chyu
Jyutping	Hoeng¹ gong² ging¹ zai³ mau⁶ jik⁶ man⁴ faa³ baan⁶ si⁶ cyu³

The Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office (HKETCO; Chinese: 香港經濟貿易文化辦事處) is the representative office of Hong Kong in the Republic of China. Its counterpart body in Hong Kong is the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong.

The office is located at the President International Tower (統一國際大樓) in Xinyi District, Taipei.^[4]

History

The office started to operate in Taiwan on 19 December 2011. On 15 May 2012, Minister of Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China Lai Shin-yuan oversaw the opening ceremony of the office. Also present during the opening ceremony was John Tsang, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR. He said during his opening note that Taiwan and Hong Kong have made substantial progress in the area of economic exchanges, cultural exchanges, financial supervision cooperation, bilateral transportation arrangement and cargo transshipment.^[2] The office suspended operation on 18 May 2021.^[5]

List of directors

John Leung (7 December 2011 – 11 August 2015)^[6]
Rex Chang (12 August 2015 – 28 July 2018)^[7]

Transportation

The office is accessible within walking distance south of Taipei City Hall Station of the Taipei Metro.

References

^ "welcome_page". Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
^ ^a ^b http://www.cepd.gov.tw/encontent/m1.aspx?sNo=0017205^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Latest Updates". Eccpc.org.hk. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
^ "HKETCO - Contact Us". Hketco.hk. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
^ Cheung, Stanley; Yeh, Joseph (16 June 2021). "Macao office in Taipei suspends operation following HK office closure". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ "Hketco - Cv". Hketco.hk. 2011-12-07. Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
^ "Why is HK delaying work visa for Taiwan agency official?".

Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices

Economy of Hong Kong

Overseas

Bangkok [zh]
Berlin
Brussels [zh]
Dubai [zh]
Geneva [zh]
Jakarta [zh]
London
New York [zh]
San Francisco [zh]
Singapore [zh]
Sydney (Auckland¹)
Tokyo [zh] (Seoul [zh]²)
Toronto [zh] (Vancouver³)
Washington, D.C. [zh]

Greater China

Beijing
Chengdu [zh]
Guangzhou [zh]
Shanghai [zh]
~~Taipei~~⁴
Wuhan [zh]

Related institutions

Notes: ^1 correspondence and information hotline; ^2 consultant office; ^3 information office; ^4 suspended operation

v t e Diplomatic missions in Taiwan
Africa	Eswatini Somaliland² South Africa¹
Americas	Argentina¹ Belize [ja] Brazil¹ Canada¹ Guatemala [ja] Haiti Mexico¹ Paraguay [ja] Peru¹ United States¹ Kaohsiung
Asia	China¹ India [zh]¹ Indonesia¹ Japan¹ Kaohsiung [ja] Malaysia¹ Mongolia¹ Myanmar¹ Philippines¹ Saudi Arabia¹ Singapore¹ South Korea¹ Thailand¹ Turkey¹ Vietnam¹
Europe	Austria¹ Belgium [zh]¹ Czech Republic [zh]¹ Denmark¹ France¹ Germany¹ Holy See Italy¹ Netherlands¹ Poland [zh]¹ Russia¹ Spain¹ Sweden¹ United Kingdom¹
Oceania	Australia¹ Marshall Islands [ja] Nauru [ja] New Zealand¹ Palau [ja] Tuvalu [ja]
International organisations	European Union¹
Former	China Hong Kong¹ Macau¹ Honduras [ja] Ireland Japan [ja] Kiribati [ja] Nicaragua [ja] South Korea [ko] South Vietnam [zh]
¹ No diplomatic relations with Taiwan, functions as an informal diplomatic mission. ² Diplomatic relations with Taiwan, but functions as an informal diplomatic mission.