Qianhai Opens Construction and Engineering Sector to Hong Kong

At a cooperation event jointly organised by the Qianhai Authority and the Development Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government on 20 October, two sets of record-filing measures for allowing professional firms and qualified practitioners respectively from Hong Kong’s construction and engineering sector to practise in the Shenzhen Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone were issued. The measures are for a trial period of five years commencing from 1 October 2020.

The two documents provide for the relevant Hong Kong professional firms and practitioners to enjoy the same treatment as their mainland counterparts, facilitating the participation of Hong Kong’s construction and engineering sector in business operations and construction projects in the Qianhai Cooperation Zone through bidding and tendering procedures. Separate tables mapping the qualifications and credentials of Hong Kong’s professional practitioners and professional firms against those of the mainland are appended to the two documents.

Source: Authority of the Shenzhen Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone