Mainland (mainland) college Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan students increased by 51% during 10 years

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 20 (Reporter Xu Zhuang) The reporter learned from the press conference organized by the Ministry of Education on the 20th that in the past 10 years, the mainland (mainland) universities have recruited 79,000 students in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. In the 2021 school year, there were 38,200 students in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in the Mainland (Mainland) university, an increase of 51%over 2012. The Mainland has become the first choice for Hong Kong and Macao students to go to Hong Kong and Macao for many years. More and more Taiwanese students have chosen to study in the mainland.

Liu Jin, director of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Office of the Ministry of Education, introduced that at present, the Mainland and Hong Kong and Macao primary and secondary schools and kindergartens have concluded the "sister school" of 2593 pairs to cover 29 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in the Mainland; set up the "Mainland and Hong Kong and Macao Universities Teachers and Students Exchange Plan" Nearly 3,000 projects, benefiting nearly 100,000 teachers and students in Hong Kong and Macao. In the past 10 years, the Ministry of Education has carried out a total of more than 1,300 exchanges in Taiwan, more than 1,000 colleges and universities across the Taiwan Strait, and about 60,000 Taiwanese teachers and students visited the mainland to visit and exchanges.

In the field of higher education, at present, the Ministry of Education has approved 19 undergraduate levels and above cooperative school -run projects with the mainland and Hong Kong and Macao universities, and 3 cooperative schools with independent legal person qualifications; Hong Kong and Macao universities participated in the construction of 20 national key laboratories, 11 key laboratories in the Ministry of Education and 20 Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Joint Laboratory have been continuously integrated into the overall national development situation.

In addition, over the past 10 years, a number of Hong Kong and Macao Foundations have donated the development of education through the Ministry of Education, equivalent to nearly 1 billion yuan, and have made important contributions to poverty alleviation and rural revitalization.

Qi Pengfei, director of the Taiwan -Hong Kong -Macao Research Center of Renmin University of China, said: "A series of efforts are not only '.' There are results', but many practical problems encountered by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan youths in their studies, employment, and entrepreneurship are really solved. It shows that we are willing to live with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots, and to create a good vision of the future. "

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