Yes, if you can satisfy all requirements for membership and practising certificate issuance.
Under the current council ruling, full time experience in public practice gained in Mainland China will be accepted as satisfying the four-year / thirty-month approved accounting experience requirement in part* and the one-year recent local experience requirement in full if:
(1) the CPA practice in Mainland China is a branch or subsidiary of or affiliated with a CPA practice in Hong Kong; and
(2) the applicant's work significantly relates to the accounting practices of Hong Kong; and
(3) the applicant is working under the direct supervision of a Hong Kong practising certificate holder; and
(4) a substantial amount of the applicant's experience is in auditing.
Note: *At least one year of the four-year / thirty-month approved accounting experience must have been acquired in Hong Kong.
Please send a written notice to the Institute providing both the English and Chinese addresses for updating.
An official letter of consent from your present employer or an existing CPA practice which is the leaseholder/ landlord of your intended registered office must be produced to the effect that there is no objection to such use and to the erection of a signboard at the entrance to the registered office.
Under the Professional Accountants By-law 29, a practising certificate holder shall practise in any one or a combination of the following modes: in his/her own name; in the name of a firm of certified public accountants (practising) as a sole proprietor, a partner or an authorized signatory; and/or in the name of a corporate practice as a practising member director. Please write and provide your intended mode of practice and relevant information such as location of your registered office and other contact details for our updating as soon as such information is available. If it is your intention to practise in your own name, please file the following information with the Institute:
As an alternative, a register of Certified Public Accountants containing the name, practising status, etc. of our members is also available for public inspection during office hours at our service counter at 27th Floor, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
If a written certification is required, you are required to provide a written consent from the member concerned, preferably with his/ her full name and HKICPA membership no., along with a handling charge of HK$50 to the Institute for our processing.
