중국 CEPA의 법적고찰

Abstract

The Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement or Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA;), 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 June 29, 2003. A similar agreement, known as Mainland and Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, was signed between the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region and the Central People's Government on October 18, 2003. It Taken from the agreement between Hong Kong and mainland China: To strengthen trade and investment cooperation between Mainland China and Hong Kong and promote joint development of the two sides, through the implementation of the following measures: progressively reduce or eliminate tariffs and non-tariff barrier on substantially all the trade in goods between the two sides; progressively achieve liberalization of trade in services through reduction or elimination of substantially all discriminatory measures; promote trade and investment facilitation. This paper analysis legal character of CEPA. So, what is the difference between a FTA and CEPA? Normally FTAs are signed between two countries. Because of the one country, two systems' between the Mainland China and Hong Kong, a difference name has been used. In other ways, Cepa is comparable to a FTA.