This group was a connection organ, not a power organ, where each party could send up to 20 support coworkers. It is expected to meet at least once a year at each of the three sites (Beijing, London and Hong Kong). It was established in Hong Kong on July 1, 1988. It should also help HKSAR maintain and develop economic and cultural relations and conclude agreements on these issues with the relevant states, regions and international organisations, and could therefore create specific sub-groups. Between 1985 and 2000, the Joint Liaison Group held 47 plenary sessions, 18 in Hong Kong, 15 in London and 14 in Beijing. Negotiations between Britain and China continued until 1993, but Beijing refused to certify Patten`s plans and abandoned its initial agreement on a Legco “crossing train” to be maintained for two years after 1997. She said that the reformed Legco, elected in the 1995 elections, where the Democrats emerged as the main party (including 16 of the 20 seats elected by direct universal suffrage), would not continue after the transfer to Chinese sovereignty. Indeed, the Chinese government has established a parallel interim legislative power that will take over on 1 July 1997. Some commentators have suggested that some Legco members might be admitted to legislative power after 1997, but it is certain that none of the Democrats or other Liberal members would be among them, although such candidates won the most votes in the poll.
(21) Hong Kong will therefore, after July 1997, take over the former fully designated legislative regime. Bruno Cabrillac, “A Bilateral Trade Agreement Between Hong Kong and China: CEPA,” China Perspectives [Online], 54 July-August 2004, online since December 29, 2008, connection on December 01, 2020. URL: journals.openedition.org/chinaperspectives/3002; DOI: doi.org/10.4000/chinaperspectives.3002 United Kingdom quickly returned to this unofficial part of the agreement and attacked Kowloon Walled City in 1899 only to find it abandoned. They didn`t do anything with it, or the outpost, and the question of ownership of Kowloon Walled City was directly in the air. The outpost consisted of a yamen, as well as buildings that grew up in sparsely populated neighborhoods from the 1890s to the 1940s. As of January 1, 2004, 273 product categories (according to the Chinese Customs nomenclature) from Hong Kong are no longer subject to import tariffs in mainland China. These include many products related to watchmaking, jewellery, textiles and clothing, chemicals, pharmacy, cosmetics and the electrical and electronic industries. Import duties in the PRC remain high for some of these products: 27% to 35% for jewellery, 18% to 22% for cosmetics, 14% to 23% for watches and 5% to 30% for electrical and electronic products. The agreement is expected to be extended to other product categories from 1 January 2005, as proposed by Hong Kong exporters and approved by the Hong Kong and Chinese authorities.
