Trade and Industry Department holds roving exhibition to celebrate 20th anniversary of CEPA signing
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A spokesman for the Trade and Industry Department said, "As the most liberal free trade agreement of the Mainland, CEPA fully demonstrates the country's continuous and staunch support for Hong Kong. Through CEPA, Hong Kong has been a testing ground for the opening up of the country. CEPA has not only embodied the successful implementation of the "one country, two systems" principle in Hong Kong, but has also reinforced Hong Kong's unique status and advantages of enjoying strong support from the country and being closely connected to the world."
Under the theme "Mutual Benefit Continuous Development", the exhibition showcases to different quarters of the community how CEPA has created unprecedented business opportunities for various industries and sectors, promoted economic and trade integration of the Mainland and Hong Kong, and played an active role in the country's reform and opening up. Through this exhibition, the public can look back on the development and achievements of CEPA over the past two decades, and look forward to more promising opportunities to be brought to Hong Kong by CEPA. The major statistical information of the 20 years' achievements of CEPA is in the Annex.
The spokesman expressed gratitude to all quarters of the community for supporting CEPA over the years. Looking ahead, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will continue to actively seek to further enrich CEPA's content and assist the trade in fully utilising its preferential measures, striving to foster prosperous and complementary development of the economy of the two places, and enable Hong Kong to integrate more comprehensively into the national development.
Dates and venues of the roving exhibition are as follows:
| Date | Venue |
| September 12 to 21, 2023 | L2 Atrium, MOSTown, Ma On Shan |
| September 25 to 30, 2023 | 1/F, Staff Concourse, Central Government Offices, Tamar |
| October 4 to 17, 2023 | Covered Piazza, Times Square, Causeway Bay |
| October 20 to November 10, 2023 | G/F, Trade and Industry Tower, Kowloon City |
| November 17 to December 1, 2023 | Atrium, UG2/F, Zone B, Lok Fu Place |
| December 6 to 20, 2023 | PQ Wing, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| January 2 to 5, 2024 | Kin Sun Square (Skylight Plaza), Lingnan University |
| January 8 to 12, 2024 | Outside Lee Wing Tat Lecture Theater D, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| January 15 to 21, 2024 | Exhibition Hall, Benjamin Franklin Centre, the Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| January 24 to February 7, 2024 | Li Promenade, Shaw Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University |
| February 14 to 20, 2024 | K K Leung Concourse (North Side), G/F, K K Leung Building, the University of Hong Kong |
| February 21 to March 6, 2024 | Purple Zone, 4/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong |
For details of the roving exhibition, please visit the Trade and Industry Department's website (www.tid.gov.hk/CEPA20/en) or call 2398 5667 for enquiry.
Ends/Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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Issued at HKT 11:28
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