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 | | CEPA allows Hong Kong service providers in 18 areas to enter the mainland market at least one year ahead of their foreign competitors. | | | The arrangement provides a platform for Hong Kong professionals to practice on the mainland and also allows Hong Kong permanent residents to set up individually owned | | | Deng Xiaoping, China's socialist economic system would not be practised in Hong Kong, and that Hong Kong would enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters, except foreign affairs and defence, for 50 years, until |
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| Â | Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) (tdctrade.com) |
| | CEPA II Forum on Services Sectors in Guangzhou - Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong of HKSARG and Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of Guangzhou Municipality | | | CEPA Consultations / Webcast : Legal, Accounting, Management Consultancy and Medical Services ; Advertising, Marketing, Design and Exhibition Services | | | CEPA Statistics: Certificate of Hong Kong Service Supplier |
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| Â | Signing of the Annexes of the Mainland and HK Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement |
| | Unless otherwise specified in CEPA, a "natural person" means a Hong Kong permanent resident, whereas a "juridical person" means any legal entity duly constituted or otherwise organised under the applicable laws of Hong Kong and which has engaged in substantive business operations in Hong Kong for three to five years. | | | Also, rules on equity participation in Mainland Insurance companies will be relaxed. | | | Following the signing of the main parts of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) and the Central People's Government (CPG) today (September 29) signed the six Annexes to the main text of the Arrangement. |
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| Â | Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan |
| | CEPA also is a free-trade pact, exempting 311 Hong Kong and Macau products from tariffs when exported to the mainland, and is aimed at helping small businesses. | | | CEPA Expo was publicized as "promoting CEPA's signing and effectiveness, implementing and supporting the policy of CEPA and 'One Country, Two Systems', and promoting further development of the economic relationship between the mainland and Hong Kong and Macau." It was scheduled to run from Tuesday to Friday this week. | | | A seminar on CEPA's impact and influence on the development of trade between the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau had been expected to draw more than 400 experts in finance, real estate, insurance and services. |
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| | China Economic Review, renowned for its in-depth and on-the-ground analysis, has reported on all aspects of trade and investment in China since 1990. | | | As a result, many foreign firms who own Hong Kong-registered firms should be able to benefit from CEPA. | | | The CEPA development has had one other side effect which has benefited Hong Kong in an unexpected way - Taiwan investments in Hong Kong last year were up a startling 280% as companies rushed to take advantage of the easier market access provisions provided to Hong Kong-based companies. |
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| | CEPA access for Hong Kong companies cover the following 17 services industries: management consultant services, exhibitions and conventions, advertising, accounting, construction and real estate, medical and dental services, distribution services, logistics services, freight forwarding agency services, storage and warehousing services, transport services, tourism services, audiovisual services, legal services, banking, securities and insurance. | | | Restrictions on equity ratios will be lifted, thresholds on registered capital and technical qualifications lowered, and limitations on geographic location and business scope eased for Hong Kong ventures in certain sectors and industries. | | | Promote trade and investment facilitation to upgrade the economic partnership between China and Hong Kong. |
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| | He noted that the newly signed Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) would be a boost to the Hong Kong economy and he urged Hong Kong companies to make good use of the arrangement. | | | For trade in services, the mainland has agreed to grant preferential treatment in eight new areas, namely the airport services, information technology services, patent agency services, trademark agency services, job referral agencies, cultural and entertainment services, job intermediaries, and professional and technical qualification examinations. | | | Economic & Trade Information on Hong Kong (tdctrade.com) |
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| | The deal, known as the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, will relax trade and investment barriers and is designed to save Hong Kong businesses up to $96 million a year, according to government calculations. | | | Hong Kong, a special autonomous region of China, operates as a separate customs territory and required an agreement to eliminate import tariffs on goods made for export to China. | | | China had promised with the handover from Britain that Hong Kong would maintain a high degree of autonomy until 2047. |
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| | With effect from 1 January 2004, Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland will enter into a free trade agreement called "Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement" (CEPA). | | | There will be zero tariffs applied to these goods exported to China and distributors of these goods will enjoy the benefits of tax exemption from 1 January 2004. | | | A product will be qualified for the tariff exemption if it fulfills the Hong Kong origin rules using the "specific manufacturing process" criterion which has also been adopted as the CEPA rules. |
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| | CEPA also eases requirements for the conduct of RMB business by Mainland branches of Hong Kong banks. | | | CEPA provides a head start for selected Hong Kong goods and services in Mainland China, in many respects on terms better than those contained in Mainland China’s World Trade Organisation (WTO) commitments. | | | CEPA permits earlier access for Hong Kong companies to selected Mainland China service sectors than is provided under corresponding WTO commitments. |
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| Â | Close Economic Partnership Arrangment (CEPA) - Business strategies building doing entering China market business ... |
| | Unlike the zero tariffs arrangement from which allows foreign companies to have financial benefit immediately, foreign service providers may not be able to get immediate benefit from this arrangement but it has more impact on service providers’ China market entry strategy and selection of location for China business development. | | | Since the enactment of the “Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement”; (CEPA), magazines and newspapers are flooded with analyses and comments concerning how Hong Kong can benefit from the arrangement. | | | As this arrangement concerns purely originality of goods regardless the brands and source of capital, it is the arrangement from which foreign companies can benefit the most directly. |
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http://www.chinabusinessstrategies.com/CEPA1.htm
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| | Austrade and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office will conduct conferences in Melbourne and Sydney to highlight export and business opportunities for Australian businesses in Hong Kong, especially in the light of the recently sealed Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between Hong Kong and Mainland China. | | | The Mainland China and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), signed on 29 June 2003, will provide Hong Kong-based companies and their overseas partners with preferential access to a range of product and service areas of the China market with effect from 1 January 2004. | | | If your company is looking for new opportunities, or even considering exporting for the first time, this event will provide an excellent opportunity to gain an in-depth perspective of how you can establish or expand a business presence in Hong Kong and, through Hong Kong, to Mainland China &; Asia& most rapidly growing market. |
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http://www.austrade.gov.au/corporate/layout/0,,0_S1-1_1z2-2_-3_PWB110375994-4_23jcttz1-5_-6_0-7_,00.html
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| | Regarding Japan's external economic policy, although its main framework is through the multilateral one centered on the World Trade Organization (WTO), Japan began to place much value on a multi-layered external economic policy that utilizes various fora, including the regional and bilateral ones. | | | The increasing progress of regional integration in the Americas and Europe in recent years was aimed to develop a more advanced and attractive economic environment, especially for corporations that are developing global business activities. | | | At the bilateral level, Thailand has made progress in her bilateral consultations and arrangements with a number of countries including Australia, Bahrain, India and Japan with a view to fostering long-term economic partnership and complimenting the multilateral trade liberalization. |
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| | CEPA creates a world of business opportunities for Hong Kong businesses, but the benefits are not only limited to Hong Kong brands - overseas brands can benefit from this new agreement as well. | | | Felix Chung, HK Apparel Society, HK The recent signing of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) means that there is now zero import tariff for exports from Hong Kong to China. | | | As well as being an important step in the economic development of Hong Kong and China, CEPA helps the Hong Kong based textile and garment manufacturers develop their business in the mainland. |
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| | On 1 January, the groundbreaking Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between Hong Kong and Mainland China came into effect. | | | "CEPA provides significant benefits for law firms in Hong Kong. | | | This should result in better access to the Mainland legal market and allow firms to operate more efficiently and provide a better service. |
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http://www.asianlegalonline.com/asia/detail_article_email.cfm?ArticleID=1605
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| Â | HKETO - The Hong Kong Advantages - Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Canada) |
| | CEPA II The Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) adopts a building block approach and provides a mechanism for further liberalization measures. | | | The Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was signed in 2003 by the Central People's Government and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and came into full effect from 1 January 2004. | | | Starting from 1 January 2004, The Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) provides Hong Kong with additional and exclusive Mainland market access benefits. |
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| | The Jurentang Pharmaceutic (Macao) has just obtained the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standard recognized by the US Food and Drug Administration, which made it one step closer to apply for the examination and approval with the State Food and Drug Administration to conduct export to the mainland. | | | Macao banks seek new business on the mainland | | | "To many businessmen here, CEPA came as an unexpected favorable element for exports to the mainland," said Liu Jimin, manager of a Beijing -invested drug company in Macao. |
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| | Vice Minister of Commerce, An Min, meanwhile announced that Macao and Hong Kong would be the subject of a big promotional campaign in the mainland in 2004, to coincide with the economic partnership agreements between the central government and the Special Administrative Regions. | | | A Business Matching Session, bringing together around 400 business people representing over 300 companies and business associations from all the countries involved in the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries, as well as the Special Administrative Regions of Macao and Hong Kong, was held in parallel to the official event. | | | The signing of the CEPA (Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement) between Macao and the Mainland will allow goods from third-party countries whose manufacture is finished in the MSAR to be re-exported to mailand China either duty-free or subject to lower levels of duty, which will also benefit companies from the Portuguese-speaking countries. |
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http://www.loriente.com/rm2003dezc.htm
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| | A CEPA, said the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, would liberate measures in the goods and services trade, and the framework for trade and investment facilitation between China and Hong Kong. | | | Lin Yi-fu, Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs, said using "arrangement" to describe the pact carries the implication that the framework exists only between two regions of a country. | | | Hong Kong-based foreign companies exporting goods and services to China have seen the easing of tariffs and other regulations as benefits of the pact, according to the council. |
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| | Under CEPA, beginning January 1, 2004, 273 Hong Kong products will be exempt from tariffs when exported to the Mainland. | | | The Hong Kong-China Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), signed last June by the respective governments, covers three broad areas -- trade in goods, trade in services and trade and investment facilitation. | | | As of January 1, the Mainland customs and Hong Kong customs will use the same entry and exit cargo inventories for road transportation. |
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| | As stated in the agreement, the reasons for these measures is that trade and investment facilitation furthers Macao’s important role as a bridge in international economic and trade cooperation and services between Portuguese-speaking countries and China. | | | According to the document, the two regions with their independent customs services and tariffs will establish a relationship similar to that of free trade partners. | | | With regard to trade of goods, a decision was reached on the 273 groups of Macao origin in the 2001 Mainland Tariff Code which will enjoy preferential treatment and be exempt from tariffs into the Mainland, representing 96 percent of Macao’s total exports in 2002 and 93 percent of its exports to the Mainland. |
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| | Textile products and adult apparel accounted for more than 80 percent of Macao's exports in the past few months...... |
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| | Hong Kong and CEPA make your China business easier, Japanese companies told Japanese companies are eager to learn more about the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) and how they can use Hong Kong to maximise their business with China. | | | The purpose of the conference was to explain to Japanese organisations the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement between Hong Kong and China. | | | Affilica International was formed in the mid-1990s to look after the professional needs of privately-owned businesses. |
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| Â | CMS - Offshore Company Formation, Tax Free Hong Kong Companies, Virtual Office Services, China Company Formation |
| | A Joint Venture is a business arrangement in which the participants create a new business entity or official contractual relationship and share investment and operation expenses, management responsibilities, and profits and losses. | | | A Rep. Office is an entity involved in business activities, which do not result in direct profits being made by the office. | | | China has three recognised forms of business organisations available to foreign investors who wish to register their companies, these are a Joint Venture, Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise and Representative Office. |
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| | The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission signed in December 2003 the "Mainland/Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement - Arrangements relating to Qualifications of Securities and Futures Industry Practitioners". | | | For latest information on mutual recognition of professional qualifications between Mainland and Hong Kong regarding construction and related engineering services, please visit the web site of Environment, Transport and Works Bureau, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG). | | | Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) |
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| Â | The legal news and law firm feature site for Asia and Australia |
| | But Gabriella Kennedy, head of Lovells' TMT practice in Asia, said: "If you read the small print it means that Hong Kong practitioners are allowed to take the exam and qualify in China - exactly what Hong Kong is doing to foreign lawyers." | | | Trade accord opens door for HK lawyers seeking mainland access | | | Hong Kong law firms that have offices in the mainland will be able to operate jointly with mainland law firms, though not as full partnerships. |
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| | First zero tariff HK goods under CEPA shipped to mainland | | | Garry Moloney, a high-ranking executive of the busway company, told reporters that CEPA had reduced the costs of production and transportation, making his company's products more competitive on the market, adding that it is possible that "more and more foreign companies will produce in Macao". | | | Meanwhile, the Economic Service of the Macao Special Administrative Region said that it had so far issued six Certificates of Macao Origin and 41 certificates for "service suppliers" in Macao, which will help Macao manufacturers enjoy zero import tariff offered by the Chinese mainland. |
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| | Secretary for Economy and Finance, Francis Tam headed an official delegation to Beijing today (28 Dec.) for the first meeting of Joint Steering Committee of Mainland and Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA). | | | The First Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) Cooperation and Development Forum is to be held from June 1-3 in Hong Kong, Macao and Guangzhou respectively, announced the organizing committee today (May 25) at a press conference in Guangzhou. | | | Signing of the Mainland and Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (17/10/2003) |
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| | Huang Chihlien, director of the Institute for Sustainable Development of the Macao University of Science and Technology, noted that this arrangement reflected clearly the care and the support of the Chinese Central Government for Macao, which will surely enhance Macao's economic competitiveness. | | | Xinhua News Agency: Macao community welcomes closer economic ties with mainland.@ HighBeam Research | | | NOTICE: Cookies are not enabled on your browser. |
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| | Apart from the trade show, a series of forums, conferences, seminars and workshops will be held during the Fair, namely Macao's International Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention 2003, Privately-owned Enterprises Convention, seminar on Mainland and Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, Tourism Investment Forum 2003 and Creative Industry Seminar. | | | Seminar on Mainland and Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement |
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| Â | Variety.com - Free-trade accord spurs investment |
| | By When you consider the before and after of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (Cepa), it doesn't seem that too much has changed for the film industry -- at least not yet.... | | | Use of this web site is subject to its | | | Simply click on the image below, view the short clip |
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