Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute

About Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (HKPORI)

HKPORI was registered in Hong Kong as a limited company on 19 February 2019 and started to operate full-fledged on 1 July 2019. It is a direct continuation of HKUPOP after it
spun off from the university, and it has practically retained all research staff of HKUPOP. It has branded itself as a civic society conscientious enterprise, and it aspires to become Hong Kong’s parallel of the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University, the YouGov-Cambridge Centre for Public Opinion Research at Cambridge University, the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics at Harvard University and its associate SocialSphere, and
other renowned opinion research institutes around the world. 

HKUPOP was the first research unit of its kind established by an academic institution in Hong Kong, initiated by Dr Robert CHUNG over 30 years ago. At different stages of its development, HKUPOP had been placed under the Social Sciences Research Centre, the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, and the Faculty of Social Sciences directly, all in The University of Hong Kong. In July 2019, it spun off from the university to become an independent organization, HKPORI, which has different arms of operation handling public opinion research, market research, policy research, electronic voting, civil referendum, social engagement, panel study, election study, deliberation study, consultancy study, data archiving, big data mining, regional networking, international cooperation, and many others. Integrity and Quality (IQ) has been the motto of our research team whether under HKUPOP or HKPORI.

Since our establishment, first under HKUPOP in June 1991 and now under HKPORI, our research team has been providing quality survey services to a wide range of public and private
organizations. We are dedicated to collect and study public opinion on virtually all topics, which are of interest and value to academics, journalists, policy-makers and the general public. Up to this day, we have conducted more than 2,000 independent surveys and other kinds of research, mostly supported by outside bodies and funding. Our project collaborators include fellow academics (in Hong Kong, Mainland China and overseas), public organizations, government departments, non-government organizations, professional bodies, political groups,
leading commercial firms, small-medium enterprises as well as local and overseas media organizations.