Classes for Hong Kong and Macao children in Guangzhou start: looking forward to increasing exchanges with "sister schools" in Hong Kong and Macao

　　China News Agency, Guangzhou, February 6th, title: Classes for Hong Kong and Macao children in Guangzhou start: Looking forward to increasing exchanges with "sister schools" in Hong Kong and Macao

　　China News Agency reporter Cai Minjie

　　Personnel exchanges between the mainland and Hong Kong and Macau resumed on the 6th, which is also the opening day for primary and secondary schools in Guangdong.

"When I heard the news of the full restoration, the first thing I thought of was that in the new year, we could increase exchanges with Hong Kong and Macao 'sister schools'." Kong Hong, the principal of Chaotian Primary School in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, said that with the comprehensive After customs clearance, the school will increase exchanges with "sister schools" in Hong Kong and Macau, and expand the number of pairs in due course.

　　Write the word "Fu" and harvest red onions that mean "prosperous, smart and smart"...Students from the Hong Kong and Macao children's class of Chaotian Primary School in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City received the "School Opening Gift".

Pan Yuxi, who is from Hong Kong and is studying in the Hong Kong and Macao children's class of Chaotian Primary School, performed the program "Southern Red Beans and New Branches". "Cantonese opera, as the most representative traditional art in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, has a unique Lingnan cultural charm."

　　Currently 10-year-old Pan Yuxi loves Cantonese culture. He usually draws cursive sketches and engraves bronze sculptures. He also used his holidays to visit and study at the Cantonese Opera Museum and experience Cantonese opera make-up.

"Through this experience, I learned that the makeup of Cantonese opera is matched with different colors, so that the audience can tell at a glance whether he is a good guy or a bad guy." Pan Yuxi said, hoping that everyone can learn more about Cantonese opera and the traditional culture of Cantonese opera.

　　The "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan" proposes to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in basic education, encourage primary and secondary schools in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to form "sister schools", build schools for Hong Kong and Macao children in Guangdong or set up classes for Hong Kong and Macao children and provide boarding services.

　　In September 2019, Guangzhou took the lead in opening classes for children from Hong Kong and Macao. The enrollment targets are school-age children of Hong Kong and Macao residents who hold residence permits for Hong Kong and Macao residents in Guangzhou.

In addition to setting up classes for children from Hong Kong and Macao, Guangzhou has also established schools for children from Hong Kong and Macao in recent years.

In 2022, Guangzhou will add one school for Hong Kong and Macao children and 18 classes for Hong Kong and Macao children.

In Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, classes for children from Hong Kong and Macao are set up in Guangzhou Peizheng Middle School and Chaotian Primary School in Guangzhou Yuexiu District.

Up to now, Chaotian Primary School has accepted the fourth batch of children from Hong Kong and Macao, and more than 100 students are studying in Guangzhou.

　　"I'm very happy here, and I can learn a lot about Chinese medicine." Chen Yanxi, 7 years old, from Macau, is also studying in Chaotian Primary School for children from Hong Kong and Macau.

According to reports, the school usually organizes a series of activities such as research and study of Chinese medicine to teach basic theories of Chinese medicine, as well as local medicinal materials from Lingnan, traditional Chinese medicine special therapies, and traditional Chinese medicine prevention and treatment of common diseases, etc., to help students enhance their understanding of Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine culture. understanding.

　　Last year, a survey conducted by Jinan University’s “One Belt, One Road” and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Research Institute showed that more than 80% of Chaotian Primary School families with Hong Kong and Macao children were satisfied with the level of education and hoped that their children would continue to study in universities in the Mainland.

Nearly 90% of the respondents said that they very much hope to stay in the mainland cities of the Greater Bay Area for development, and they are optimistic about the development prospects of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.

　　It is understood that, as a century-old school, Chaotian Primary School has diversified and built a patriotic atmosphere through home-school co-education.

At the same time, multilingual teaching also allows students in the Hong Kong and Macao children's class to tell Chinese stories to the world.

　　"Our school will set up traditional culture courses such as Cantonese, Cantonese embroidery and calligraphy to promote the integration and inheritance of culture and education. It is also because of the exchange of traditional culture that we have become attached to schools in Hong Kong and Macau." Kong Hong said that the school currently has a relationship with Taoism in Hong Kong. The Yuen Yuen College Shek Wai Kok Primary School of the Federation and the Primary School Affiliated to Macau Haojiang Middle School are paired as "sister schools".

　　"In the past three years, we have not stopped communicating. We are like a big family, like brothers and sisters." Kong Hong said, "Our several 'sister schools' have a common desire, that is, to let children from Hong Kong and Macau Learn more about the mainland, and we have indeed done so.” (End)