Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)
Audio-visual Services
Liberalisation Measures under CEPA
The Agreement on Trade in Services covers and consolidates commitments relating to liberalisation of trade in services provided in CEPA and its Supplements and also the Agreement between the Mainland and Hong Kong on Achieving Basic Liberalisation of Trade in Services in Guangdong.
Agreement on Trade in Services |
Liberalisation Measures under Cross-border Services (Positive List) |
Sectors or sub-sectors |
- 2. Communications services
- D. Audiovisual services
- - Videos and sound recording products
- - Chinese language motion pictures and motion pictures jointly produced
- - Technical services of cable television
- - Jointly produced television dramas
- - Imported dramas
- - Other television programmes
- - Television animations
- - Motion picture or video tape production services (CPC96112)
- - Others
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Specific commitments |
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Reserved Restrictive Measures under Commercial Presence (Negative List) |
Sector
Sub-sector |
- 2. Communication Services
- D. Audiovisual services
- Cinema theatre services
- Motion picture or video tape production and distribution services (CPC9611)
- Radio and television services (CPC9613)
- Other
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Obligations concerned: |
National Treatment |
Reserved Restrictive
Measures: |
Commercial Presence
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Cinema theatre services
- Not to construct cinema theatre chains.
Motion picture or video tape production and distribution services
- Approval of the relevant Mainland authorities is required for establishment of enterprises on a wholly-owned basis in the Mainland to distribute Mainland motion pictures.
- Not to invest in enterprises engaging in production and import of motion pictures.
Radio and television services
- Not to invest in radio stations, television stations, broadcasting television channels (frequencies), broadcasting television transmission networks (transmitting stations, relay stations, broadcasting television satellites, uplinking satellite stations, satellite transposers, microwave link stations, monitoring stations, cable broadcasting television transmission networks, etc.) at any regional level. Not to engage in video-on-demand broadcasting television services and installation services of satellite television receiving facilities.
- Not to engage in the production and operation of radio and television programmes (including importing business).
Others
- Not to engage in online audiovisual services.
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1 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.