Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)
Education 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.
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For clarity and avoidance of doubt, for schools set up on a wholly-owned basis for the children of foreign nationals in the Guangdong Province, admission may be extended to cover the children of overseas Chinese and talents who returned from studies abroad working in Guangdong, in addition to the children of foreign nationals who hold residence permits in the Mainland.
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For clarity and avoidance of doubt, for schools set up on a wholly-owned basis for the children of foreign nationals in the Guangdong Province, admission may be extended to cover the children of overseas Chinese and talents who returned from studies abroad working in Guangdong, in addition to the children of foreign nationals who hold residence permits in the Mainland.
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Not to invest in the establishment of education institutions providing religious education.
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Not to invest in the establishment of education institutions providing religious education.
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1 To allow establishment of non-academic secondary vocational training institutions on a wholly-owned basis in the Mainland, the scope of admission shall be analogous with that for Mainland vocational training institutions.
2 To allow establishment of non-academic tertiary vocational training institutions on a wholly-owned basis in the Mainland, the scope of admission shall be analogous with that for Mainland vocational training institutions.
For details about the cooperation in education under the Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation (Ecotech Agreement), please refer to the Ecotech Agreement.