# Hong Kong Ethical Artificial Intelligence Framework (Digital Policy Office)

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Hong Kong SAR
- **Instrument type**: Framework
- **Status**: Guidance
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Digital Policy Office

## In brief

The Hong Kong Ethical AI Framework is a non-binding framework of Hong Kong SAR, issued by the Digital Policy Office. Its current status is guidance. Government bureaux and departments; a version is offered to other organisations for reference. Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

## Summary

Guiding principles, leading practices and an AI assessment for government AI projects, with a three-line governance model in which the IT board or chief information officer reviews high-risk AI. It was updated for generative AI.

## Scope

Government bureaux and departments; a version is offered to other organisations for reference.

## Who it applies to

Hong Kong government bureaux and departments.

## Key dates

Updated in August 2023 for generative AI.

## Notes on dates

The original issue date and whether adoption is formally mandatory were not confirmed.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0084 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0084; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/hong-kong-ethical-ai-framework
- **Official source**: https://www.digitalpolicy.gov.hk/en/our_work/data_governance/policies_standards/ethical_ai_framework/
- **Source document**: Ethical Artificial Intelligence Framework
- **Published by**: Digital Policy Office, Hong Kong SAR Government
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Hong Kong Ethical Artificial Intelligence Framework (Digital Policy Office)" [AIPT-POL-0084, record version 1, not yet verified]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0084 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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