Rather than reviving Hong Kong's manufacturing sector, CEPA drew capital and personnel from Hong Kong and sent it northward into China, hollowing out the local manufacturing and service sectors. All that's left are poorly paid low-end jobs. Though businesses are doing well, workers are in more dire straits than before and the wealth gap has grown.
CEPA 並未使香港製造業起死回生，反而是各行各業人才、資金紛紛北移中國，造成本土產業與服務業空洞化，只留下低階、低工資的工作，企業如魚得水，勞工卻處境惡化，貧富差距也愈拉愈大。