The Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, or Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) for short, is an economic agreement between the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, signed on 29 June 2003. A similar agreement, known as the Mainland and Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, was signed between the Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region and the Central People's Government on 18 October 2003.
Regular supplements have been signed between the Mainland and Hong Kong governments. The most recent, Supplement VIII (also referred to as CEPA VIII), was signed on 13 December 2011 and is implemented from 1 April 2012.
The two agreements and additional supplements were signed in the Chinese language; the Chinese text is therefore the authoritative text. The Hong Kong government generally provides a courtesy English translation, as English is one of the official languages of Hong Kong.
In the full name of "CEPA", the "Mainland" refers to the customs territory of the People's Republic of China.
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