- Admitted to the Sydney Accord as one of the founding signatories. Under this Accord, higher diplomas and equivalent programmes accredited by the HKIE are recognised by all other signatories to the Accord
- Became a founding member of the International Engineering Technologist Agreement (IETA), which facilitates multilateral recognition of technologists’ qualifications in each of the signatory economy
*The International Engineering Technologists Agreement (IETA) is formerly known as Engineering Technologists Mobility Forum (ETMF)