Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)
CEPA Legal Text
CEPA is a framework agreement underpinned by four agreements:
Consolidated version of CEPA Main Text
| Legal Text | Date of Signing |
|---|---|
| Consolidated version of Agreement on Trade in Services | Signed on 27 November 2015; Last amended on 21 November 2019 |
| Investment Agreement | 28 June 2017 |
| Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation | 28 June 2017 |
| Consolidated version of Agreement on Trade in Goods | Signed on 14 December 2018; Last amended on 26 June 2024 |
The following Agreement Concerning Amendment to the CEPA Agreement on Trade in Services was implemented on 1 June 2020.
| Legal Text | Date of Signing |
|---|---|
| Agreement Concerning Amendment to the CEPA Agreement on Trade in Services | 21 November 2019 |
Previous commitments in CEPA and its Supplements, the Agreement between the Mainland and Hong Kong on Achieving Basic Liberalisation of Trade in Services in Guangdong, the Agreement on Trade in Services and also the Agreement on Trade in Goods can be found below:
| Legal Text | Date of Signing |
|---|---|
| CEPA Main Text and Six Annexes | 29 June 2003 & 29 September 2003 |
| Supplement to CEPA | 27 October 2004 |
| Supplement II to CEPA | 18 October 2005 |
| Supplement III to CEPA | 27 June 2006 |
| Supplement IV to CEPA | 29 June 2007 |
| Supplement V to CEPA | 29 July 2008 |
| Supplement VI to CEPA | 9 May 2009 |
| Supplement VII to CEPA | 27 May 2010 |
| Supplement VIII to CEPA | 13 December 2011 |
| Supplement IX to CEPA | 29 June 2012 |
| Supplement X to CEPA | 29 August 2013 |
| Agreement between the Mainland and Hong Kong on Achieving Basic Liberalisation of Trade in Services in Guangdong | 18 December 2014 |
| Agreement on Trade in Services | 27 November 2015 |
| Agreement on Trade in Goods | 14 December 2018 |