The Honourable Y.B. Datuk Lim Ban Hong was sworn in as the Senator into the Malaysian Upper House of Parliament on 9 March 2020.
As the Deputy Minister in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), his key priorities are to elevate Malaysia's competitiveness as a major international trading nation, attract high quality investments, as well as further innovate industrial activities to produce high value-added goods and services.
Besides, he served as an assemblyman for Kelebang in the Melaka State Legislative Assembly for a full term from 2013 to 2018, and sworn in as the State Exco Member in 2014. He was tasked with the Transport, Project Rehabilitation and International Trade portfolio, serving as Committee Chairman. He was voted as the assemblyman for Kelebang again during the recent state election in November 2021.
Y.B. Datuk Lim is currently the Vice President of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), one of the oldest political parties in Malaysia. He was awarded the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (D.M.S.M.) which carries the title Datuk in 2014. He holds a double degree in law and computer science.