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Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)
Video and Sound Recording Products
Liberalization Measures under CEPA
| CEPA |
| Sectors or sub-sectors |
2. Communications services |
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D. Audiovisual services |
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Videos distribution services (CPC83202), Sound recording products distribution services
Cinema theatre services Chinese language motion pictures and motion pictures jointly produced |
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Specific commitments |
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Videos, sound recording products distribution services |
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To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to provide, in the form of joint venture, videos and sound recording (including motion picture products) distribution services in the Mainland.1 |
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To allow majority shareholding, not exceeding 70%, for Hong Kong service suppliers. |
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Cinema theatre services |
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To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to construct, renovate and operate cinema theatres on an equity joint venture or contractual joint venture basis. |
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To allow majority shareholding, not exceeding 75%, for Hong Kong service suppliers. |
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Chinese language motion pictures and motion pictures jointly produced |
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Chinese language motion pictures produced in Hong Kong may be imported for distribution in the Mainland on a quota-free basis, after vetting and approval by the relevant Mainland authority. |
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Chinese language motion pictures produced in Hong Kong refer to those motion pictures made by production companies which are set up or established in accordance with the relevant laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and which own more than 75% of the copyright of the motion pictures concerned. Hong Kong residents should comprise more than 50% of the total principal personnel2 in the motion pictures concerned. |
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Motion pictures jointly produced by Hong Kong and the Mainland are treated as Mainland motion pictures for the purpose of distribution in the Mainland. Translated versions of the motion pictures in languages of other Chinese ethnic groups and Chinese dialects, which are based on the Putonghua version, are allowed to be distributed in the Mainland. |
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For motion pictures jointly produced by Hong Kong and the Mainland, there is no restriction on the percentage of principal creative personnel3 from Hong Kong, but at least one-third of the leading artistes must be from the Mainland; there is no restriction on where the story takes place, but the plots or the leading characters must be related to the Mainland. |
1 In undertaking distribution services in the Mainland in respect of videos and sound recording products, Hong Kong service suppliers should comply with the relevant laws, regulations and requirements of the review system in the Mainland.
2 Principal personnel includes personnel performing the roles of director, screenwriter, leading actor, leading actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, producer, cinematographer, editor, art director, costume designer, action choreographer, and composer of the original film score.
3 Major creative personnel refers to personnel performing the roles of director, screenwriter, cinematographer and leading artistes. Leading artistes refer to leading actor, leading actress, leading supporting actor and leading supporting actress.
| CEPA Supplement VI |
| Sectors or sub-sectors |
2. Communications services |
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D. Audiovisual services |
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Videos distribution services (CPC83202), Sound recording products distribution services
Cinema theatre services
Chinese language motion pictures and motion pictures jointly produced
Technical services of cable television
Jointly produced television dramas
Others |
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Specific commitments |
Distribution Services for Audio-visual Products
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To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to provide videos and sound recording (including motion picture products) distribution services in the Mainland in the form of wholly-owned operations.4
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Chinese language motion pictures and motion pictures jointly produced |
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To allow post production of domestic films (including co-productions) to be processed in Hong Kong after obtaining approval of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television on applications initiated by the principal production entity in the Mainland. |
4 In undertaking distribution services in the Mainland in respect of videos and sound recording products, Hong Kong service suppliers should comply with the relevant laws, regulations and requirements of the review system in the Mainland.
| CEPA Supplement VII |
| Sectors or sub-sectors |
2. Communications services |
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D. Audiovisual services |
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Videos distribution services (CPC 83202)
Sound recording products distribution services
Motion picture and video tape production and distribution services (CPC9611)
Cinema theatre services
Chinese language motion pictures and motion pictures jointly produced
Technical services of cable television
Jointly produced television dramas
Others |
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Specific commitments |
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To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to set up enterprises on a wholly-owned, equity joint venture or contractual joint venture basis in the Mainland to produce video and sound recording products. |
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To allow Hong Kong permanent residents with Chinese citizenship to apply for "License for Operating Audio and Video Products" for the setting up of individually owned stores. |
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