【Commentary】All uniforms, happy smiles, this is a scene that happened at the West Kowloon high-speed rail station in Hong Kong. On 4 April, the departure ceremony of the "High-Speed Rail Youth Innovation and Technology Experience Tour 11", jointly organized by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups and the Dragon Foundation, was officially held, and 2023 Hong Kong youths will take the high-speed train to Guangzhou and Foshan for a two-day I&T and cultural exploration journey at Hong Kong's West Kowloon Station. It is understood that this event is the largest youth exchange activity since the resumption of the epidemic, aiming to help Hong Kong young people understand and understand the development of mainland cities.

The Secretary for Home Affairs and Youth Affairs of Hong Kong, Ms Mak Mei-juan, said that since the "customs clearance", the personnel exchanges between the two places have become closer and closer, and exchanges in culture, business, science and technology have become more frequent, and Hong Kong young people should seize the opportunity to know and understand mainland cities and integrate into the overall development of the country.

【During the same period】Secretary for Home Affairs and Youth Affairs of the HKSAR Government, Mak Mei-juan

This event is a personal experience, let us see that the development of mainland cities in recent years is actually very rapid, a phone call can do a lot of things, but also meet some enterprises, in fact, their development (very rapid), especially this time you will see a lot of innovation and technology enterprises, you can see a lot of technology development, in fact, you can see that we Hong Kong as part of the Greater Bay Area, and other cities in the Greater Bay Area have a lot of cooperation and exchanges, so that our young people have more opportunities, I hope that this time our students can cherish this opportunity and experience it for themselves.

It is reported that 500 Hong Kong youths will be divided into 6 groups to visit the Creative Park to experience advanced 3D printing technology, intelligent building robots, driverless technology, hydrogen energy technology, innovative sewage and solid waste treatment technology, etc. Chan Wai On, President of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups (HKWC), said that the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a major national development strategy, and this event will help further cultivate the national and world views of Hong Kong youth.

【Contemporaneous】President of Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Chan Wei On

The development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a major development strategy of the country, and in response to the theme of "One Million Youth Walk to the Motherland", we quickly organized the "High-Speed Rail Youth Call" again after customs clearance and normalcy, and more than 500 local (Hong Kong) youth, including high school students, tertiary students and working youth, to explore the I&T development, ecological and environmental protection, history and culture in the Greater Bay Area.

【Commentary】Hong Kong students who participated in this activity said that she has been looking forward to this exchange activity for a long time, hoping to learn more knowledge and understand the latest development of the country's scientific and technological frontier.

【During the same period】Huang Siru, a student of Yuen Xuan No. 1 Middle School of the Hong Kong Taoist Federation

Because Hong Kong has just been opened, and then I hope to go back (see), I heard that this time there is a lot of knowledge about high-speed rail, and I want to know more about the economy, technology and culture of the mainland.

Reporting by reporter Luo Siyu from Hong Kong

Responsible Editor: [Li Ji]