Hong Kong distributors get China rights

May 11, 2009 Beginning Oct. 1, distribution companies wholly owned by Hong Kong operators will be allowed to distribute video and sound recording products in China under a new supplement to the Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement. However, the new CEPA deal does not include videos of foreign-made motion pictures, which will continue to be subject to the import quota of 20 per year, according to the Hong Kong Film Development Council, the government department responsible for the implementation of the policy change. The new measures will create flexibility for Hong Kong video distributors," said Patrick Tong, managing director of Mei Ah Entertainment Group, "but since the video market in China has already been shrinking, the amendment has come a little late.

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