Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong

Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong
香港工商專業聯會
PredecessorBusiness and Professional Group of the Basic Law Consultative Committee
Formation1990; 34 years ago (1990)
FounderVincent Lo
TypePublic policy think tank
HeadquartersSuite 3706, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Region served
Hong Kong
President
Peter Wong
Chairman
Victor Apps
Websitebpf.org.hk

The Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港工商專業聯會, abbreviated 工商專聯; BPF) is a non-partisan think tank in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

Mission

The mission BPF is:[1]

  • to help enhance the competitiveness, long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong;
  • to promote the continuous development of Hong Kong as a free, capitalist and international financial and business centre;
  • to conduct in-depth studies on issues of strategic importance to Hong Kong's economic, social and political development; and
  • to promote the importance of strong economic cooperation between Hong Kong and the Mainland.

History

The BPF was founded in 1990 as a successor to the "Group of 89 members" of the Basic Law Consultative and Drafting Committees,[1] a group of conservative business and professional leaders which opposed to faster pace of democraticsation. It maintained close relationship with other parties of business background, especially the Liberal Party.[2]

Led by the pro-Beijing tycoon Vincent Lo, the Federation was against the then Governor Chris Patten's proposal of constitutional reforms for the Legislative Council which Beijing strongly opposed.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Who is BPF?". The Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong.
  2. ^ Hook, Brian (1993). "Political Change in Hong Kong". China Quarterly. 136: 852. doi:10.1017/S0305741000032355. ISSN 0305-7410.
  3. ^ "The Last Governor 2: Restraint in Difficult Circumstances – YouTube". YouTube.