Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Educational Cooperation Goes Deeper and More Realistic
According to reports, in September this year, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), located in Nansha, Guangzhou, officially opened. The school and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology achieved resource sharing and complementary advantages to jointly build "Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2.0".
As the first mainland-Hong Kong cooperative school with independent legal personality since the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan" was released and implemented, the school integrates high-quality education resources from the mainland and Hong Kong, and is very important for cultivating innovative talents with an international perspective and serving Guangdong. The construction of the Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is of positive significance.
The Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area proposes to "promote the development of education cooperation. Support Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao universities to cooperate in running schools, and encourage the joint construction of advantageous disciplines, laboratories and research centers." The depth and breadth of the University of Hong Kong has been continuously expanded. Today, the cooperative education of City University of Hong Kong in Dongguan, the Hong Kong Metropolitan University in Zhaoqing, and the University of Hong Kong in Shenzhen are all in progress.
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao cooperation in running schools is conducive to promoting the sharing of educational resources among the three places.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has strong economic strength, agglomeration of innovative elements, leading level of internationalization, and abundant higher education resources.
Guangdong has a complete range of colleges and universities, high quality of students, and good industrial conditions. It is implementing an improvement plan of "improving first-class, making up for shortcomings, and strengthening characteristics"; there are many famous universities in Hong Kong, strong basic research, and high level of internationalization; Macau universities have traditional Chinese medicine, tourism, etc. A group of high-level characteristic disciplines...Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are geographically similar and culturally related, and their higher education has its own strengths and complementary advantages, laying a good foundation for cooperation and development.
Strengthening the cooperation and development of education in the three places will help solve the problems such as the lack of closeness of industry-university-research cooperation and limited space for running schools in Hong Kong and Macao universities, and improve the transformation rate of scientific research achievements in Hong Kong and Macao universities. First-class discipline construction.
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao cooperation in running schools is conducive to building a talent highland in the Greater Bay Area.
Higher education is an important symbol of a country's development level and development potential, as well as an important engine and driving force for regional economic and social development.
The high-quality construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is inseparable from the continuous talent support and intellectual support, which requires promoting the development of education cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, and creating a highland for education and talents in the Greater Bay Area.
In 2020, the Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province issued the "Plan for the Promotion of Higher Education Cooperation and Development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" to explore the establishment of a coordinated development system for higher education in the Greater Bay Area, strengthen the collaborative innovation of scientific research among universities in the Greater Bay Area, and strengthen collaborative education.
According to this plan, by 2035, the Greater Bay Area will build a number of world-class universities, emerge a number of strategic scientists groups, and produce a batch of original scientific achievements that have an important impact on the development of world science and technology and the progress of human civilization. An advanced example of cooperative development and innovative development of higher education in the world.
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao cooperation in running schools is conducive to enhancing the national awareness of Hong Kong and Macao compatriots.
Hong Kong, Macau and the mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area have the same cultural origin, have a close relationship, and have similar folk customs.
According to the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan", youths from Hong Kong and Macao are encouraged to study in mainland schools, and cooperation in vocational education between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in recruitment and employment, training and training, teacher-student exchanges, skills competitions, etc., will be promoted, and exchanges and cooperation in basic education will be strengthened.
Young people are the most dynamic and creative group in the whole society, and they are also a new force in promoting the development of science and technology.
In recent years, educational exchanges between Hong Kong, Macao and the Mainland have developed vigorously, and the channels for Hong Kong and Macao students to study in the Mainland have continued to expand. Key projects such as "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Youth Cultural Tour", Hong Kong's "Youth Mainland Exchange Funding Scheme", and Macao's "Thousand Talents Program" are very popular. , more and more young people from Hong Kong and Macao are innovating and starting businesses in the Greater Bay Area, making their dreams come true.
Innovating the mode of cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong and Macao in running schools is conducive to promoting exchanges and mingling among young people, so that more Hong Kong and Macao young people can enhance their national awareness in the process of participating in national development and national construction.
Today, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are continuously deepening the "soft connectivity" of the connection between rules and mechanisms. The "Implementation Rules for Supporting Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" has been issued. The scientific and technological innovation capabilities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area are being newly improved... The future is promising. It is believed that with the deepening and solidarity of education cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will definitely grow into the education of the Mainland and Hong Kong and Macau. A vivid example of all-round cooperative development, building a world-leading higher education system and an international education demonstration area.
Zhang Shuo