Mainland and Hong Kong on Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement

1. CEPA

Following the signing of the main text of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement ("CEPA") on 29 June 2003, the Government of HKSAR and the Central People's Government ("CPG") signed the six Annexes to CEPA on 29 September 2003. Please click here pdf file format for the full text of Mainland's commitments on legal services under Annex 4 of CEPA which came into effect since 1 January 2004.

Please click herepdf file format for the qualifying criteria of "Hong Kong law firm" under Annex 5 of CEPA.

Please clickLink will open in new windowhere for the video on "Introduction on Legal Services under the CEPA".

 

2. Supplement to CEPA

Please click here pdf file format for the full text of Mainland's commitments on legal services under Supplement to CEPA which was signed on 27 October 2004 and came into effect since 1 January 2005.

 

3. Supplement II to CEPA

Please click here pdf file format for the full text of Mainland's commitments on legal services under Supplement II to CEPA which was signed on 18 October 2005 and came into effect since 1 January 2006.

 

4. Supplement III to CEPA

Please click here pdf file format for the full text of Mainland's commitments on legal services under Supplement III to CEPA which was signed on 27 June 2006 and came into effect since 1 January 2007.


5. Supplement IV to CEPA

Please click here pdf file format for the full text of Mainland's commitments on legal services under Supplement IV to CEPA which was signed on 29 June 2007 and came into effect on 1 January 2008.

 

6. Supplement VI to CEPA

Please click here pdf file format for the full text of Mainland's commitments on legal services under Supplement VI to CEPA which was signed on 9 May 2009 and came into effect on 1 October 2009.

 

7. Supplement VIII to CEPA

Please click here pdf file formatfor the full text of Mainland's commitments on legal services under Supplement VIII to CEPA which was signed on 13 December 2011 and came into effect on 1 April 2012.

 

Frequently Asked Questions pdf file format

More information on CEPA is available on the Trade and Industry DepartmentsLink will open in new windowCEPA page.

For details on the rules and regulations promulgated by the Ministry of Justice of the PRC ("MoJ") relating to the implementation of the Mainland's commitments under CEPA, please refer to the webpage of theLink will open in new windowMoJ (in Chinese only).

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National Judicial Examination

Pursuant to the relevant measures under CEPA, Hong Kong permanent residents of Chinese citizenship are allowed to sit the National Judicial Examination (“NJE”) since 1 January 2004 and to acquire the Mainland legal professional qualification.  The first NJE participated by Hong Kong residents took place in Shenzhen in September 2004.  Since 2005, Hong Kong has become an examination centre for the conduct of the NJE and Hong Kong residents can sit the exam in Hong Kong.

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Feb 2012