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[[File:Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's first policy address 01.jpg|thumb|2013 Policy Address by Leung Chun-ying]]
In Hong Kong, the '''Policy Address''' ({{zh-t|施政報告}}) is the constitutionally mandated annual address delivered by the [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]]. The practice of giving annual Policy Addresses is mandated under Article 64 of the [[Hong Kong Basic Law|Basic Law]], which requires the government to "present regular Policy Addresses to the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|[Legislative] Council]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Basic Law - Basic Law - Chapter IV (EN) |url=https://www.basiclaw.gov.hk/en/basiclaw/chapter4.html |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.basiclaw.gov.hk}}</ref>
In [[Hong Kong]], the '''Policy Address''' ({{zh-t|施政報告}}) is the constitutionally mandated annual address to the legislature delivered by the [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]]. The practice of giving annual Policy Addresses is mandated under Article 64 of the [[Hong Kong Basic Law|Basic Law]], which requires the government to "present regular Policy Addresses to the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|[Legislative] Council]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Basic Law - Basic Law - Chapter IV (EN) |url=https://www.basiclaw.gov.hk/en/basiclaw/chapter4.html |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.basiclaw.gov.hk |archive-date=20 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120192115/https://www.basiclaw.gov.hk/en/basiclaw/chapter4.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Many people see the Policy Address as a useful way to predict how the Chief Executive will operate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-12 |title=Exclusive {{!}} Hong Kong leader to deliver third policy address, how will it differ this time? |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3282085/hong-kongs-john-lee-set-deliver-his-third-policy-address-how-will-it-differ-first-2 |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en |archive-date=7 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241107105219/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3282085/hong-kongs-john-lee-set-deliver-his-third-policy-address-how-will-it-differ-first-2 |url-status=live }}</ref>


Chief Executive can decide in which month of the year to deliver the annual Policy Address. From 1997 to 2001, [[Tung Chee-hwa]] delivered Policy Addresses in October as the Legislative Council reconvened.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1997 Policy Address |url=https://www.policyaddress.gov.hk/pa97/english/light_e.htm |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.policyaddress.gov.hk}}</ref> From 2002 to 2005, Tung changed the month of delivering Policy Addresses to January.<ref>{{Cite web |title=policy address-archives |url=https://www.policyaddress.gov.hk/05-06/eng/archives.htm |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.policyaddress.gov.hk}}</ref> [[Donald Tsang]] delivered Policy Addresses in Octobers.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 August 2012 |title=政務司司長會見傳媒談話全文 |url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201208/02/P201208020473.htm |work=Hong Kong Government}}</ref> [[Leung Chun-ying]] delivered Policy Addresses in January.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Policy Address available to public on Wednesday |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201301/14/P201301140394.htm |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}</ref> [[Carrie Lam]] delivered Policy Addresses in October.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin |url=https://www.hketoberlin.gov.hk/en/newsletter/2017/1101.html |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin |language=en}}</ref> John Lee delivers Policy Addresses in October.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CE to deliver Policy Address on Oct 16 |url=https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/593074 |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=chinadailyhk |language=en}}</ref>
== History ==


Within 14 days after the delivery of the address, the Chairman of the House Committee of the Legislative Council will move a Motion of Thanks, similar to Address in Reply motions in other legislatures, and members of the Council debate the Policy Address.<ref>{{Cite web |title=No.12 POLICY ADDRESS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSIONS |url=https://www.legco.gov.hk/en/education/understand/brief/factsheet12.html |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region}}</ref> Many people see the Policy Address as a useful way to predict how the Chief Executive will operate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-12 |title=Exclusive {{!}} Hong Kong leader to deliver third policy address, how will it differ this time? |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3282085/hong-kongs-john-lee-set-deliver-his-third-policy-address-how-will-it-differ-first-2 |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
=== Before 1997 ===
The annual address was first introduced in 1972 by [[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]] Sir [[Murray MacLehose]] during the [[British Hong Kong|British rule of Hong Kong]], and set out the government's legislative and policy agenda for the coming year. It was called the "Address by the Governor" ({{Lang-zh}}{{Lang-zh|c=港督致辭}}{{Lang-zh}}) and was modelled after the [[Speech from the throne|Queen's Speech]] during the [[State Opening of Parliament]] in the United Kingdom. It aimed to strengthen communications with Hong Kong residents after the [[1967 Hong Kong riots]], and was widely broadcast via television and radio.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=馮 |first=巧欣 |date=2016-01-11 |title= |script-title=zh:【01百科】6個關鍵詞 施政報告33年演化簡史 |trans-title=【01 Encyclopaedia】 6 key terms and a simple history of the policy address' evolution over 33 years |url=http://www.hk01.com/%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/863/-01%E7%99%BE%E7%A7%91-6%E5%80%8B%E9%97%9C%E9%8D%B5%E8%A9%9E-%E6%96%BD%E6%94%BF%E5%A0%B1%E5%91%8A33%E5%B9%B4%E6%BC%94%E5%8C%96%E7%B0%A1%E5%8F%B2 |work=[[HK01]] |access-date=5 July 2016 |archive-date=15 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115083142/http://www.hk01.com/%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/863/-01%E7%99%BE%E7%A7%91-6%E5%80%8B%E9%97%9C%E9%8D%B5%E8%A9%9E-%E6%96%BD%E6%94%BF%E5%A0%B1%E5%91%8A33%E5%B9%B4%E6%BC%94%E5%8C%96%E7%B0%A1%E5%8F%B2 |url-status=live }}</ref>  


Historically, the annual address was first introduced in 1972 by Governor Sir [[Murray MacLehose]] during the [[British Hong Kong|British rule of Hong Kong]]. It was called the "Address by the Governor" and was modelled after the [[State Opening of Parliament|Queen's address]] in the United Kingdom. It aimed to strengthen communications with Hong Kong residents after the [[1967 Hong Kong riots]].<ref>{{cite web |last=馮 |first=巧欣 |date=2016-01-11 |title= |script-title=zh:【01百科】6個關鍵詞 施政報告33年演化簡史 |trans-title=【01 Encyclopaedia】 6 key terms and a simple history of the policy address' evolution over 33 years |url=http://www.hk01.com/%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/863/-01%E7%99%BE%E7%A7%91-6%E5%80%8B%E9%97%9C%E9%8D%B5%E8%A9%9E-%E6%96%BD%E6%94%BF%E5%A0%B1%E5%91%8A33%E5%B9%B4%E6%BC%94%E5%8C%96%E7%B0%A1%E5%8F%B2 |work=[[HK01]]}}</ref>
Addresses by the Governor took place in October to mark the beginning of the legislative year. The address was renamed to its current Chinese name 施政報告 ({{Literal translation|governance report}}) in 1986. The English name of the event remained unchanged until the [[Handover of Hong Kong|Handover]] in 1997. Beginning with his first address in 1992, Governor [[Chris Patten]] initiated the practice of giving each address a unique title.<ref name=":0" />
 
In his final annual address, delivered on 2 October 1996, Patten spoke of his anxiety of autonomy being given away "bit by bit" by some in Hong Kong. Observers noted that this line reflected many Hongkongers' greatest fear of efforts to undermine Hong Kong's right to [[Self-governance|self-government]] being made not only from outsiders, but also from within.<ref name=":0" />
 
{{Blockquote|text=... my anxiety is not that this community's autonomy would be usurped by Beijing, but that it could be given away bit by bit by some people in Hong Kong... If we in Hong Kong want our autonomy, then it needs to be defended and asserted by everyone here ─ by businessmen, politicians, journalists, academics and other community leaders, as well as by public servants.|author=[[Chris Patten]]|title=1996 Address by the Governor|source=[https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr96-97/english/lc_sitg/hansard/han0210.htm&#124;para 94]}}[[File:HK CWB 銅鑼灣 Causeway Bay Paterson Street near 記利佐治街 Great George Street TV monitor news live Mrs Lam's Policy Address November 2020 SS2 01.jpg|thumb|A television broadcast of [[Carrie Lam]]'s 2020 Policy Address in [[Causeway Bay]]]]
=== After the Handover (1997-present) ===
The Chief Executive can decide in which month of the year to deliver the annual Policy Address. From 1997 to 2001, [[Tung Chee-hwa]] delivered Policy Addresses in October as the Legislative Council reconvened.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1997 Policy Address |url=https://www.policyaddress.gov.hk/pa97/english/light_e.htm |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.policyaddress.gov.hk |archive-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329090840/https://www.policyaddress.gov.hk/pa97/english/light_e.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2002, after his [[2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive election|re-election]] as Chief Executive, Tung rescheduled the October 2002 address to January 2003, ostensibly to allow the newly appointed ministers under the [[Principal Officials Accountability System]] to settle into their roles. As a result, no policy address was delivered in 2002. Tung continued to deliver his addresses in January until he resigned in March 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=policy address-archives |url=https://www.policyaddress.gov.hk/05-06/eng/archives.htm |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.policyaddress.gov.hk |archive-date=18 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218085942/https://www.policyaddress.gov.hk/05-06/eng/archives.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
Tung's successor [[Donald Tsang]] resumed the previous practice of giving the speech in October; as such, there were two Policy Addresses in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 August 2012 |title=政務司司長會見傳媒談話全文 |url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201208/02/P201208020473.htm |work=Hong Kong Government |archive-date=8 November 2024 |access-date=12 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241108050109/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201208/02/P201208020473.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Leung Chun-ying]] pushed back his Policy Addresses to January, explaining the move by stating that he wished to give lawmakers more time to voice their opinions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Policy Address available to public on Wednesday |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201301/14/P201301140394.htm |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.info.gov.hk |archive-date=17 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217134443/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201301/14/P201301140394.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
[[Carrie Lam]] delivered her Policy Addresses in October, except in 2020, which was rescheduled to 25 November to avoid clashing with [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP General Secretary]] [[Xi Jinping]]'s visit to Shenzhen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin |url=https://www.hketoberlin.gov.hk/en/newsletter/2017/1101.html |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin |language=en |archive-date=17 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217134008/https://www.hketoberlin.gov.hk/en/newsletter/2017/1101.html |url-status=live }}</ref> John Lee, who took office in 2022, has delivered his Policy Addresses in October.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CE to deliver Policy Address on Oct 16 |url=https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/593074 |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=chinadailyhk |language=en |archive-date=14 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241014025551/https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/593074 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
== Contemporary practice ==
 
=== Public consultation ===
The government typically launches a public consultation campaign three to four months before the delivery of the address.
 
=== Motion of thanks ===
Within 14 days after the delivery of the address, the Chairman of the House Committee of the Legislative Council will move a Motion of Thanks, similar to Address in Reply motions in other legislatures, and members of the Council debate the Policy Address.<ref>{{Cite web |title=No.12 POLICY ADDRESS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSIONS |url=https://www.legco.gov.hk/en/education/understand/brief/factsheet12.html |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |archive-date=29 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229230024/https://www.legco.gov.hk/en/education/understand/brief/factsheet12.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  


==List of policy addresses==
==List of policy addresses==
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[State of the Union]]
* [[State of the Union]]
* [[State Opening of Parliament]]
* [[Speech from the throne]]


==References==
==References==
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File:2013 Policy Address 02.jpg
2013 Policy Address debated in Legco
File:Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's first policy address 01.jpg
2013 Policy Address by Leung Chun-ying

In Hong Kong, the Policy Address (

  1. REDIRECT Template:Lang-zh) is the constitutionally mandated annual address to the legislature delivered by the Chief Executive. The practice of giving annual Policy Addresses is mandated under Article 64 of the Basic Law, which requires the government to "present regular Policy Addresses to the [Legislative] Council".[1] Many people see the Policy Address as a useful way to predict how the Chief Executive will operate.[2]

History

Before 1997

The annual address was first introduced in 1972 by Governor Sir Murray MacLehose during the British rule of Hong Kong, and set out the government's legislative and policy agenda for the coming year. It was called the "Address by the Governor" (Template:Lang-zhTemplate:Lang-zhTemplate:Lang-zh) and was modelled after the Queen's Speech during the State Opening of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It aimed to strengthen communications with Hong Kong residents after the 1967 Hong Kong riots, and was widely broadcast via television and radio.[3]

Addresses by the Governor took place in October to mark the beginning of the legislative year. The address was renamed to its current Chinese name 施政報告 (Template:Literal translation) in 1986. The English name of the event remained unchanged until the Handover in 1997. Beginning with his first address in 1992, Governor Chris Patten initiated the practice of giving each address a unique title.[3]

In his final annual address, delivered on 2 October 1996, Patten spoke of his anxiety of autonomy being given away "bit by bit" by some in Hong Kong. Observers noted that this line reflected many Hongkongers' greatest fear of efforts to undermine Hong Kong's right to self-government being made not only from outsiders, but also from within.[3]

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... my anxiety is not that this community's autonomy would be usurped by Beijing, but that it could be given away bit by bit by some people in Hong Kong... If we in Hong Kong want our autonomy, then it needs to be defended and asserted by everyone here ─ by businessmen, politicians, journalists, academics and other community leaders, as well as by public servants.

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File:HK CWB 銅鑼灣 Causeway Bay Paterson Street near 記利佐治街 Great George Street TV monitor news live Mrs Lam's Policy Address November 2020 SS2 01.jpg
A television broadcast of Carrie Lam's 2020 Policy Address in Causeway Bay

After the Handover (1997-present)

The Chief Executive can decide in which month of the year to deliver the annual Policy Address. From 1997 to 2001, Tung Chee-hwa delivered Policy Addresses in October as the Legislative Council reconvened.[4] In 2002, after his re-election as Chief Executive, Tung rescheduled the October 2002 address to January 2003, ostensibly to allow the newly appointed ministers under the Principal Officials Accountability System to settle into their roles. As a result, no policy address was delivered in 2002. Tung continued to deliver his addresses in January until he resigned in March 2005.[5]

Tung's successor Donald Tsang resumed the previous practice of giving the speech in October; as such, there were two Policy Addresses in 2005.[6] Leung Chun-ying pushed back his Policy Addresses to January, explaining the move by stating that he wished to give lawmakers more time to voice their opinions.[7]

Carrie Lam delivered her Policy Addresses in October, except in 2020, which was rescheduled to 25 November to avoid clashing with CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping's visit to Shenzhen.[8] John Lee, who took office in 2022, has delivered his Policy Addresses in October.[9]

Contemporary practice

Public consultation

The government typically launches a public consultation campaign three to four months before the delivery of the address.

Motion of thanks

Within 14 days after the delivery of the address, the Chairman of the House Committee of the Legislative Council will move a Motion of Thanks, similar to Address in Reply motions in other legislatures, and members of the Council debate the Policy Address.[10]

List of policy addresses

Year Given by English title Chinese title
2024 John Lee Reform for Enhancing Development and Building Our Future Together Template:Zh
2023 A Vibrant Economy for a Caring Community Template:Zh
2022 Charting a Brighter Tomorrow for Hong Kong Template:Zh
2021 Carrie Lam Building a Bright Future Together Template:Zh
2020 Striving Ahead with Renewed Perseverance Template:Zh
2019 Treasure Hong Kong: Our Home Template:Zh
2018 Striving Ahead, Rekindling Hope Template:Zh
2017 We Connect for Hope and Happiness Template:Zh
2017 Leung Chun-ying Make Best Use of Opportunities; Develop the Economy; Improve People’s Livelihood; Build an Inclusive Society Template:Zh
2016 Innovate for the Economy; Improve Livelihood; Foster Harmony; Share Prosperity Template:Zh
2015 Uphold the Rule of Law; Seize the Opportunities; Make the Right Choices Template:Zh
2014 Support the Needy; Let Youth Flourish; Unleash Hong Kong's Potential Template:Zh
2013 Seek Change; Maintain Stability; Serve the People with Pragmatism Template:Zh
2011–12 Donald Tsang From Strength to Strength Template:Zh
2010–11 Sharing Prosperity for a Caring Society Template:Zh
2009–10 Breaking New Ground Together Template:Zh
2008–09 Embracing New Challenges Template:Zh
2007–08 A New Direction for Hong Kong Template:Zh
2006–07 Proactive; Pragmatic; Always People First Template:Zh
2005–06 Strong Governance For the People Template:Zh
2005 Tung Chee-hwa Working Together for Economic Development and Social Harmony Template:Zh
2004 Seizing Opportunities for Development; Promoting People-based Governance Template:Zh
2003 Capitalising on Our Advantages Revitalising Our Economy Template:Zh
2001 Building on our Strengths; Investing in our Future Template:Zh
2000 Serving the Community; Sharing Common Goals Template:Zh
1999 Quality People; Quality Home Template:Zh
1998 From Adversity to Opportunity Template:Zh
1997 Building Hong Kong For A New Era Template:Zh
1996 Chris Patten Hong Kong: Transition Template:Zh
1995 Hong Kong: Our Work Together Template:Zh
1994 Hong Kong: A Thousand Days and Beyond Template:Zh
1993 Hong Kong: Today's Success, Tomorrow's Challenges Template:Zh
1992 Our Next Five Years: The Agenda for Hong Kong Template:Zh

There were no titles for the Policy Addresses before 1992.

See also

References

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