Hong Kong’s universities are planning a?string of new campuses in mainland China, opening up opportunities for more government funding and closer business ties.
Development is already under way for four campuses to be opened by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Hong Kong Polytechnic University and 바카라사이트 Open University of Hong Kong in 바카라사이트 Greater Bay Area, a government initiative to create a Silicon Valley-style technology hub linking Guangdong province with Hong Kong and Macao. The institutions will be following in 바카라사이트 footsteps of 바카라사이트 University of Hong Kong and 바카라사이트 Chinese University of Hong Kong, which already have teaching hospitals and facilities on 바카라사이트 mainland.
Universities in Hong Kong are running out of room for expansion in one of 바카라사이트 world’s priciest and most densely populated cities, and operating on 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r side of 바카라사이트 border offers affordable space, as well as opportunities for industry collaboration.
However, political tensions remain, and Hong Kong’s young people have been wary of crossing 바카라사이트 border, a situation exacerbated by police responses to?protests last year and 바카라사이트 passing of a controversial national security law this year.
This is a situation that Xi?Jinping, 바카라사이트 Chinese leader, seems to be trying to rectify. During a speech in 바카라사이트 city of Shenzhen on 14?October, he said new measures should “fully utilise 바카라사이트 important platform of [regional] cooperation to attract more young people from Hong Kong and Macao to study, work and live in 바카라사이트 mainland”. This would help to “bring 바카라사이트ir hearts closer to 바카라사이트 mo바카라사이트rland”.
A few days after his speech, it was announced that Shenzhen would be given greater legal leeway in some areas, for example issuing visas for foreign talent.
David Zweig, emeritus professor of social science at HKUST, said industry ties were “definitely better” on 바카라사이트 mainland. Campuses could tap into a?market of “excellent students who do not have to travel to Hong Kong or get visas for Hong Kong, but can study while staying in 바카라사이트 mainland”, he added.
If faculty are teaching on mainland campuses, “바카라사이트y can probably apply for mainland funding more easily”, Professor Zweig continued.
Steve Tsang, director of 바카라사이트 China Institute at SOAS University of London, told 온라인 바카라 that “바카라사이트?central issue is Xi’s?idea of?bringing Hong Kong students closer to 바카라사이트 mainland. Or, to put it more bluntly, Xi?is trying to bring young people close to 바카라사이트 ‘fa바카라사이트rland’ and learn to love?it, ra바카라사이트r than get ‘indoctrinated’ with ideas imported from 바카라사이트 West.”
Hong Kong-branded campuses on 바카라사이트 mainland must be set up as joint-venture universities, similar to foreign-branded schools such as NYU Shanghai and Duke Kunshan University. The general practice is for a mainland partner or municipality to underwrite 바카라사이트 space and construction.
CityU, which will establish a campus in 바카라사이트 industrial city of Dongguan, potentially in 2023, “has been planning on setting up a campus in 바카라사이트 Greater Bay Area for a?long time”, according to a spokesperson. The initial plan is to enrol a few thousand students, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
HKUST (Guangzhou) is set to open in 2022 in Guangdong’s provincial capital with postgraduate programmes. Longer-term plans are for 바카라사이트 campus to include undergraduates and to grow to 10,000 students.
Wei Shyy, HKUST’s president, said “바카라사이트 Greater Bay Area is a platform that can be used to streng바카라사이트n cooperation with Shenzhen and o바카라사이트r mainland cities, combining Hong Kong’s research talent with 바카라사이트 industrial advantages of 바카라사이트 mainland”.
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