[Concurrent] Yang Runxiong, Director of the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
Hong Kong is an inseparable part of the country, so citizens in Hong Kong are also nationals.
In fact, every Hong Kong person should love the country and Hong Kong.
Then of course, as a person who manages a place, he needs to have a patriotic heart. Therefore, "patriots ruling Hong Kong" is actually a very reasonable requirement.
[Explanation] A few days ago, Yang Runxiong, the Director of the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, pointed out in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency that "patriots govern Hong Kong" as a matter of course.
Recalling the experience of visiting Nanjing with students many years ago, visiting the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, the Historical Archives of the "Nanjing Treaty", Yang Runxiong was deeply moved.
He said that as long as you have a deep understanding of China's history, you can find that the country has developed from poverty and weakness to the present day, and patriots have played a very important role in it.
[Concurrent] Yang Runxiong, Director of the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
In fact, the development of our country has experienced many difficulties for a period of time in the past, whether there were many casualties, or whether the country has many interests robbed by others, but from that time to today, our country has prospered.
Regardless of our economic development, our influence in the world, and our national strength, this development actually requires the efforts of generations of patriots over the past period of time.
This further reflects that no matter how difficult the country is, it always needs to have some people who truly love the country, truly have feelings for the country, have an identity and responsibility for our nation, and work together for the country to be able to do what it is today. Results.
[Explanation] In recent years, the issue of national education in Hong Kong has attracted much attention.
Yang Runxiong pointed out that the Education Bureau is currently cultivating students' national concepts and identity from the educational level through various channels such as optimizing school curricula, providing teaching materials guidelines, and carrying out extracurricular activities.
[Concurrent] Yang Runxiong, Director of the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
On the one hand, we use courses, one course, including different subjects, including the current Chinese language, Chinese history or geography, and there are all about history, geography or language or some old chapters. Important values can be spread through it.
In addition, we also use teaching materials, such as the Constitution, the Basic Law, and national security education. We have all made them. In addition, even for the usual subjects, we have made some supplementary teaching materials for teachers to use, making his teaching easier. .
[Commentary] In addition, Yang Runxiong also introduced a set of Chinese textbooks customized for Hong Kong students.
It is understood that the book is called "My Home in China" and will be distributed by the Education Bureau to Hong Kong primary and secondary schools as supplementary materials.
[Concurrent] Yang Runxiong, Director of the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
In fact, this set of books is published in the mainland, but this set is the first to make it into a traditional Chinese version, and the second is the version in 2021, that is, the latest version. Of course, some of the latest information is placed in it. .
In fact, it covers six categories, including cities, roads, mountains and rivers. Even some lakes, ethnic groups, festivals, etc., are all included.
In each category, there are eight books, for a total of 48 books.
Whether the school reads by the students themselves, or when the teacher is teaching him, his information is more abundant.
[Explanation] Yang Runxiong introduced that the future Bureau of Education will also encourage schools to organize extracurricular activities such as the National Security Campus Poster Design Competition and the National Security Education Day Online Quiz to help students cultivate the important concepts of national identity and national security.
In addition to campus education, Yang Runxiong pointed out that it is also important to promote traditional Chinese culture and values in Hong Kong society.
[Concurrent] Yang Runxiong, Director of the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
We made a lot of propaganda materials for some traditional Chinese classics, maybe made some bookmarks in the school, and distributed them to students.
But we are also at bus stops or subway stations. We do some publicity in these places.
We hope that all the people in Hong Kong will appreciate our traditional culture and our traditional values when they see it. There are also some truths in life, and we hope that some common values in our nation can be gradually brought out.
Reporter Fan Siyi reports from Hong Kong
Editor in charge: [Song Fangcan]