Hang Tuah Jaya is a planned area in the Malaysian state of Malacca created by its government as the state's administrative centre and smart city with economical, social, infrastructural and recreational developments.

Before 2010, Hang Tuah Jaya was administered by the Hang Tuah Jaya Corporation (Malay: Perbadanan Hang Tuah Jaya, PHTJ), a state government agency which was established on 1 June 2005 and headquartered at Melaka International Trade Centre (MITC) to oversee its development.

[3] It was launched by the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on 25 June 2006,[4] consists of parts of Melaka Tengah, Alor Gajah and Jasin districts and covers an area of 144 square kilometres (36,000 acres).

[5] The area became a municipality on 1 January 2010 and governed by the Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (Malay: Majlis Perbandaran Hang Tuah Jaya, MPHTJ), which is headquartered at Melaka Mall in Ayer Keroh, opposite the headquarters of the Malacca City Council along Ayer Keroh Highway.

[6] After Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council became the local government of Hang Tuah Jaya, Hang Tuah Jaya Corporation was rebranded as the Malacca Green Technology Corporation (Malay: Perbadanan Teknologi Hijau Melaka, MGTC or PTHM) on 8 November 2013.