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CEPA

Since the signing of Supplement VII to the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), the Mainland has been gradually opening up its testing and certification market to Hong Kong.

Month and Year of Signing
the CEPA Agreements
  CEPA Agreements Signed
Nov 2019 Agreement concerning Amendment to the Agreement on Trade in Services
Dec 2018 Agreement on Trade in Goods
Jun 2017 Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation
Nov 2015 Agreement on Trade in Services (Revised by way of Exchange of Letters in Dec 2018)
Dec 2014 Agreement between the Mainland and Hong Kong on Achieving Basic Liberalisation of Trade in Services in Guangdong
Aug 2013 Supplement X to CEPA
Jun 2012 Supplement IX to CEPA
Dec 2011 Supplement VIII to CEPA
May 2010 Supplement VII to CEPA

The Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China (CNCA) has created a designated section on CEPA implementation details on its website. A directory of Hong Kong testing laboratories that have entered into cooperation agreements with designated Mainland certification bodies is available there.

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