To promote the joint economic prosperity and development of the Mainland and the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao) and to enhance the level of economic and trade cooperation between the two places, the Mainland and Macao decided to initiate a closer economic partnership arrangement, i.e. a FTA-like arrangement established between two separate customs territories of a single sovereign state. The Mainland and Macao signed the “Mainland and Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement” (CEPA) on October 17, 2003, confirming the full implementation of CEPA from January 1, 2004. Since CEPA is an open agreement in the sense that its contents can be continuously deepened and enriched, the two sides subsequently signed the Supplement to CEPA, the Supplement II to CEPA, the Supplement III to CEPA, the Supplement IV to CEPA, the Supplement V to CEPA, the Supplement VI to CEPA and the Supplement VII to CEPA on October 29, 2004, October 21, 2005, June 26, 2006, July 2, 2007, July 30, 2008, 11 May, 2009 and 28 May, 2010 respectively. (The legal text of CEPA and its supplements can be downloaded from the website of Macao Economic Services)

CEPA covers commitments in three major economic and trade areas, namely Trade in Goods, Trade in Services and Trade and Investment Facilitation.

Enquiries and Submission of Applications
For enquiries related to CEPA and submission of relevant applications, please contact CEPA Information Centre of Macao Economic Services:
Rua Dr. Pedro José Lobo, No. 1-3, 3/F, Macao
Tel: (853) 8597 2343
Fax: (853) 28755 011
E-mail: info@cepa.gov.mo