[Commentary] The China Education Exchange Center announced on June 16 that 3,993 Hong Kong Diploma candidates applied for admission to universities in the Mainland, accounting for 7.58% of the number of participants in the Diploma. 13.7%. Together with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Joint Admissions, Peking University Tsinghua University and other independent admissions schools, the total number of Hong Kong students who have been promoted to the mainland exceeds 10,000. Zou Chonghua, director of the Academic and Training Department of the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Center, said that the recent riots in Hong Kong have caused many parents and students to consider studying in the Mainland with a more stable learning environment.
[Commentary] Zou Chonghua said that many universities such as the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Polytechnic University were "occupied" and destroyed by violent criminals during the storm-fixing period. The development of teaching research has been hit hard. Many parents and students have chosen social security factors and have chosen Leave the more chaotic environment and study in the Mainland.
【Commentary】Zou Chonghua, Director of Academic and Training Department, Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Center
(2019) Since June last year, there has been an unprecedented incident of violence and illegality in Hong Kong. I think this has never happened in Hong Kong in the past. (Data) reflects the concerns of the new high school (graduation) students and their parents. They feel that going to higher education institutions in the Mainland to receive higher education may be more reassuring in such a comparison.
[Commentary] Zou Chonghua said that the reason why more and more Hong Kong students choose the Mainland is that the quality of the mainland’s universities is steadily improving, which has been recognized by parents. At the same time, the mainland’s policy on reading and employment for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan students is also being relaxed and participated. The number of mainland universities in the Diploma Admissions Program has increased from more than 60 initially to 122 now. Hong Kong students also hope that there will be more employment opportunities in the Mainland. If they go to university in the Mainland, they will understand the Mainland market better, gain network resources, and improve their Putonghua level.
【Commentary】Zou Chonghua, Director of Academic and Training Department, Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Center
I think the policy of continuous openness in the Mainland in these years is also a factor that attracts (Hong Kong students) to the Mainland to develop their studies. Compared with Hong Kong, the Mainland has narrowed the gap in the salary of graduates sharply. Some industries may even get higher remuneration in the Mainland than Hong Kong. For example, companies such as Huawei and Tencent in places such as Shenzhen and Guangdong.
[Explanation] It is understood that the number of Hong Kong diploma candidates applying for Shanghai University in 2020 increased by 28% year-on-year, and the number of applicants for Guangdong University increased by 22% year-on-year. Zou Chonghua said that this shows that Hong Kong students prefer the Development in the Yangtze River Delta region. The five universities with the largest number of candidates for the first voluntary application are Sun Yat-sen University, Jinan University, Fudan University, Xiamen University and Tsinghua University. The most popular subjects are economics and finance, medicine, engineering, language and news communication.
Zou Chonghua believes that in the future, as the economic ties between Hong Kong and the whole country become stronger, more Hong Kong students will apply to mainland universities in the future.
Reporter Zheng Haoxi from Hong Kong
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]