| 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
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 here for the qualifying criteria of "Hong Kong law firm" under
Annex 5 of CEPA.
Please click here
for the video on "Introduction on Legal Services under the CEPA".
2. Supplement to CEPA Please click here
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
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
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
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 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 for 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
More information on CEPA is available on the Trade and Industry DepartmentsCEPA
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 theMoJ
(in Chinese only). 
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.
National
Judicial Examination 2008
National
Judicial Examination 2009
National
Judicial Examination 2010
National
Judicial Examination 2011
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