Designated / Approved Institutes under Section 16B and 16C of the Inland Revenue Ordinance

Designated Local Research Institution under Schedule 45 section 1
Approved Research Institutes under Section 16B(4)(a) - for payment made / expenditure incurred before 1 April 2018
Approved Institutes under Section 16C(1)

Designated Local Research Institution under Schedule 45 section 1

Please refer to the web site of Innovation and Technology Commission <https://www.itc.gov.hk/en/fund_app/dlri/list.html> for the list of Designated Local Research Institution and the respective date of designation.

Approved Research Institutes under Section 16B(4)(a) - for payment made / expenditure incurred before 1 April 2018

Sir Sik-nin Chau Foundation for Industrial Development (Approval withdrawn on 21 November 2016)
The Chinese Language Press Institute Ltd (Approval withdrawn on 21 November 2016)
Federation of Hong Kong Industries (Testing Centre) (Approval withdrawn on 21 November 2016)
Hong Kong Plastics Technology Centre Co. Ltd. (Dissolved on 28 June 2014)
Hong Kong R&D Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies (Effective from 1 August 2016)
Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (Effective from 4 August 2016)
Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited (Effective from 4 August 2016)
The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (Effective from 19 September 2016)
Hong Kong Productivity Council
－ for research & development conducted by its Automotive Parts and Accessory Systems R&D Centre (Effective from 17 August 2016)
－ for other research & development conducted (Effective from 27 September 2016)

Approved Institutes under Section 16C(1)

A. University and Technical Institutes

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Morrison Hill)
(formerly known as Morrison Hill Technical Institute)

Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Kwun Tong)
(formerly known as Kwun Tong Technical Institute)

Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee)
(formerly known as Lee Wai Lee Technical Institute)

Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Haking Wong)
(formerly known as Haking Wong Technical Institute)

Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Kwai Chung)
(formerly known as Kwai Chung Technical Institute)

B. Training Centres

                    Automobile Industry Training Centre
                    Electrical Industry Training Centre
                    Electronics Industry Training Centre
                    Textile Industry Training Centre
                    Plastics Industry Training Centre
                    Printing Industry Training Centre
                    Machine Shop and Metal Working Industry Training Centre
                    Welding Training Centre
                    Hospitality Industry Training & Development Centre
                    (formerly known as Hotel Industry Training Centre)
                    Seamen's Training Centre
                    The Management Development Centre of Hong Kong