Education cooperation between Guangdong and Hong Kong intensifies, empowering industries in the Greater Bay Area. Hong Kong has abundant high-quality higher education resources, and many universities have performed well in world university rankings.

The "Outline Development Plan" clearly states that it "supports the cooperation of universities" in running schools, and encourages the joint construction of advantageous disciplines, laboratories and research centers. For example, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) uses English as its basic working and teaching language.