"I am in Guangzhou, studying in Hong Kong universities"

Bird's view of the Campus of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). /School official website

When people have not noticed, Hong Kong colleges and universities have begun to integrate into the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area. They will change more than just education and scientific research. There are many connections between universities and cities.

Bold prediction, such conversations will become more and more in the future:

"Which university are you studying?"

"A certain university in Hong Kong."

"How do you feel like reading in Hong Kong?"

"I'm not studying in Hong Kong."

Recently, the Ministry of Education approved the official establishment of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) in accordance with the law. This fall, the Campus of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Nansha District, Guangzhou will usher in the first school.

The university is co-organized by Guangzhou University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. After the Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (2005), the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) (2014), the third Chinese mainland China The university.

Compared with the number one GDP and a population in the country, Guangdong's higher education resources seem a bit insufficient. The number of "double first -class" universities has 34 in Beijing and 15 in Shanghai, and only 8 provinces in Guangdong, 3 of which are newly shortlisted this year. This does not seem to match the economic status of Guangdong.

When people are still lamenting that the economic province lacks enough good universities, Hong Kong universities have long been quietly north to integrate into the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area. In addition to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, three well -known Hong Kong universities are also preparing to build a school in Guangdong. The impact they will bring may be far greater than we think.

"New Weekly" specially interviewed Professor Zhao Xiaobin, deputy dean of the School of Heritage and Social Sciences of Beishi Port. He has worked at the Hong Kong Baptist University and Hong Kong University. He is an expert in economic development of urban planning and economic development of the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area.

Hong Kong universities, integrate into the Greater Bay Area

As soon as the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology "settled" Guangzhou, the threshold for enrollment was very high.

In the Xiaohongshu, most of the students who took the first graduate admission notice from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) mostly graduated from the domestic "double first -class" universities and have rich scientific research experience.

Netizens bask in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) offer. /Little Red Book Screenshot

It has been established for a while, and the threshold for enrollment is also rising. After the opening of the Beishi Port, the admission score line has been on the rise. As of 2021, Hong Kong -Shenzhen has ranked first in the admission score list of colleges and universities in Guangdong Province for six consecutive years. This not only illustrates the attractiveness of the Hong Kong school signboard to candidates, but also explains the quality of running the universities.

The biggest attraction of Hong Kong schools to students may stem from their international vision teachers, the educational concepts of Chinese and Western and the more tolerant learning environment.

According to public information, the teachers hired by the universities have experienced overseas study abroad, and most of them have obtained doctorate degrees. And with the maturity of the cooperative school running model, the teachers are still growing, and more and more overseas students have set their sights on the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area.

In an interview with the New Weekly, Professor Zhao Xiaobin said that the most important factor in promoting them to return to China is the feelings of the country.

Most of the scholars with Zhao Xiaobin are the first batch of students to study abroad after the reform and opening up. They well understand the advantages and disadvantages of Chinese and Western education. They have an international perspective and ambitions. They are willing to return to the motherland and join the new school co -organized by Hong Kong and the Mainland. "Because I feel that I can play a greater role here, I hope to participate in person and make education well."

Thanks to the talent introduction policies in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, many young teachers are willing to come here to teach. Some netizens commented that this may be an opportunity for the Greater Bay Area to form a domestic academic town.

Campus Campus of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. /Figure insect creativity

Professor Zhao Xiaobin pointed out that Hong Kong universities provide scholars with a new development space for scholars on the Campus of Hong Kong. Hong Kong School pays attention to academic freedom and innovation, but Hong Kong lacks the foundation of the manufacturing industry, and the developed industries in Guangdong can just make up for this and help scholars closer to market demand. "Studies in the Mainland are more grounded, emphasizing the combination of production, university and research, and more prone to benefit."

In addition, with the support of the Greater Bay Area policy, the research funding of university teachers and scholars has more diverse acquisition channels, which can further promote scientific research and innovation. Taking the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) as an example, the school undertakes more than 400 national and provincial and municipal -level commissioned cooperation projects. The fields involve artificial intelligence, data science, environmental science, economic and financial and logistics, etc., with total funding exceeding 1 billion yuan.

For students, such cooperative school training methods are also very attractive. The common characteristics of joint universities are international education, using English teaching, focusing on students' personal interests and all aspects.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) adopts the academy system to promote teacher -student exchanges. /Visual China

"The degree of freedom selection is very high, and you can try your favorite direction." Teng, who is studying in Hong Kong, said, "It is easy to communicate with professors more, and you can send emails and appointments at any time."

During the undergraduate, Liu, who studied at Beishi Port Park News, said: "I enjoy this international teaching mode." Students from Beishi Port, the students of the Department of News, provided quite superior hardware facilities, and overseas exchange overseas exchange Opportunity.

Some classmates said that the equipment equipped by Beishi Port is very advanced. /Know the screenshot

After graduating from classmate Liu, he planned to go to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) to study for a master's degree in innovation and entrepreneurship and public policy. "I am more interested in sustainable development. This cross -disciplinary project of Hong Kong Science and Technology contains relevant directions. And the school has in -depth cooperation with Nansha District, and it will be applied to the latest cutting -edge technology. It is very attractive to say. "More students regard the school district of the Hong Kong School as a springboard for well -known overseas universities or Fortune 500 companies.

According to the latest reports of the two schools, among the undergraduate graduates who have selected from the country, 81%of Beishi Port Elimonia entered the top 100 world -renowned schools in QS; 70%of Hong Kong Zhongshen entered the top 50 famous universities in the world university.

Among the undergraduate graduates who choose direct employment in Hong Kong, they have worked in the world's top 500, Chinese Fortune 500, listed companies or transnational companies. Bei Shigang Baoda is famous for encouraging entrepreneurship, holding various entrepreneurial competitions every year, and providing free office venue support for students' entrepreneurship. Some students have founded their own company after graduation.

Both of these two schools have more than half of the fresh graduates who choose to develop employment and development in the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area. It can be seen that Hong Kong schools have achieved certain results in running schools in Guangdong and attracted many talents for the Greater Bay Area.

Beishi Port Learning Resource Center.

At present, there are still some differences in Hong Kong and Macao and cities in Guangdong in higher education policies and standards. One of the specific performances is that the university co -organized by the Greater Bay Area and the Hong Kong institutions headquarters, there are also separation of teachers and students, research funds, and employment. According to graduates, Hong Kong has not yet opened a visa for the opening of the joint campus and has less employment to Hong Kong. In this regard, Professor Zhao Xiaobin said that in the future, the exchanges between the universities and the Hong Kong headquarters in the future are the general trend.

How does university make cities more suitable

In addition to attracting talents to the Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong universities and cities in Guangdong have also become a major driving force for urban construction and renewal.

Recently, the "Squat City -Young People Selecting a New Demand Insight Report" released by the Institute of Sociology of the Institute of Social Sciences and the Education Sociology of the Institute of Social Sciences show that young people are paying more and more attention to the livability of the city.

Picture source: DT Finance

According to this report, young people discussed the top 20 cities with the highest popularity, Zhuhai, Foshan, and Guangzhou's three Greater Bay Area cities. Guangzhou is the only first -tier city on the list.

In the past, traditional domestic urban planning included universities to drive local economic development. Professor Zhao Xiaobin focuses on urban research. He pointed out that land prices in the new urban area are cheap, and the local government is more likely to support the construction of campus infrastructure. The advantage of this is to drive local infrastructure construction, especially transportation and real estate. Therefore, in the Hong Kong universities "settled" in Guangdong, the site selection is a new urban area far from the city center.

Table: Select the location of Hong Kong universities in Guangdong "settled"

"This does not mean that you must stay in the old forest in the mountains and study hard, and he can't smell out of the window." Professor Zhao Xiaobin said. Teachers and students of universities cannot build cars behind closed doors. They need to take a walk around the city and communicate with the society. He suggested that if a convenient rail transit network is built, university teachers and students can better integrate into the city, which will help their own comprehensive development.

For example, in Hong Kong, the property is usually covered on the subway, and the high-quality public transportation system and high-density community, mixed work, business, culture, education, and residential functions have developed a very mature TOD site (Transit- Oriented Development, guided by public transport).

Hong Kong West Kowloon Station is a typical TOD case. /Figure insect creativity

Professor Zhao Xiaobin proposed that in the mainland cities, due to the location of university campuses and high -speed rail stations, it is generally far from the city center, and it is difficult to directly imitate Hong Kong construction TOD, but it can consider combining university campuses with stations.

For example, after a few years after the establishment of the Zhuhai Campus of Sun Yat -sen University, Beishi Port Baida, and Zhuhai College of Beijing University of Technology, Tangjiawan Station opened at the end of 2012. At present, the second -phase campus that is under construction in Beishi Port is separated from the ancient village between the first phase of the campus. It is expected to promote the deep integration of the university campus and the culture of ancient villages, forming a beautiful and unique university town.

On the other hand, university teachers and students also have the needs of cultural entertainment and consumption, and the "experience economy" around the campus is expected to develop. For the new campus of Hong Kong universities in the Mainland, Jiang Zhao, a scholar of the Institute of Circulation and Consumption of the Ministry of Commerce, suggested: "The personalized consumption willingness of college students is strong, and is willing to try and explore new things. Facilities, attract diversified formats such as specialty food stores, creative design stores, fashion beauty stores, modern bookstores, immersive party space stores, etc. "."

Creative bookstores opened in the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). /School official website

Professor Lu Ming, an economist, said in "The Great Country City" that "the quality of life of a city is becoming an attractiveness to the migration of the population." It is foreseeable that the universities, 985 universities, and foreign universities of all cities in Guangdong will improve the city's livable index from multiple dimensions such as transportation, culture, and consumption, and attract more talents to the Greater Bay Area and stay in the Greater Bay Area. Greater Bay Area.

World -class urban agglomeration, not far away

In the final analysis, Guangdong has been investing in higher education in the final analysis because the "first -drive driving force" that realized the sustainable economic development is a talent.

Professor Lu Ming pointed out in his work that long -term economic development depends on the improvement of workers' skills and quality, and the biggest influencing factor is education. The more large cities based on knowledge and technology -intensive industries, the more education and scientific research are needed to support technological innovation.

Distribution map of the Science and Technology Research Center of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. /School official website

In the long run, running schools in Hong Kong in Guangdong will help the combination of "industry -university -research", so that the scientific research results of Hong Kong universities in the Greater Bay Area will be transformed, and the economic development of the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area will be further supported.

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) is located in Nansha District, because it is the focus of manufacturing. In 2021, the industrial output value of the region reached 348.95 billion yuan, and the industrial output value above designated size increased by 11.2%, and the growth rate ranked first among the industrial regions of Guangzhou. In June 2022, the State Council issued the "Guangzhou Nansha Deepening Overall Comprehensive Cooperation Overall Plan for the World", which mentioned the active acceptance of the transfer and transformation of Hong Kong's innovation achievements. Manufacturing, etc.

The joint institutions such as the Hong Kong University (Shenzhen), which are still being organized by the North Shigang Port, and the Hong Kong University (Shenzhen), which are still being organized. The talents cultivated by these schools will contribute a unique power to the Greater Bay Science and Technology Innovation.

Beishi Port immersed in the research base. /School official website

The Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area has 4 centers in Guangshen, Hong Kong and Macao, and 11 cities in the whole area. The economic scale and population scale are global "top flow", but these cities still need to be further integrated.

The most important thing is traffic. Referring to the Tokyo Bay Area has a huge rail transit system and a mature rapid transportation system in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area also needs to rely on the organic cooperation of different transportation systems such as subways and trains to improve the generality of infrastructure. Promoting the flow of talents can inject vitality into urban development. As Professor Zhao Xiaobin said: "The space of freedom, openness, and accessibility is the life of the Bay Area."

It is reported that by 2025, the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area will form a transportation circle of 1 hour between major cities, 2 hours of main cities to Mainland cities in Guangdong Province, and 3 hours of main cities to adjacent provinces.

The Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area is full of vitality. /Visual China

Not just the traffic network will become closer. When education, scientific research, economic and finance are organically livable and urban are livable, the vitality of the Greater Bay Area will be fully stretched.

In the opinion of Professor Zhao Xiaobin, this requires all kinds of colleges and universities to not be afraid of competition. The market naturally regulates division of labor and forms a layered school to run schools. In the end, it will help cities in the Greater Bay Area to form a distinctive division of industries. At the same time, the Mainland and Hong Kong should strengthen exchanges and cooperation to jointly build an international science and technology innovation center, international logistics center, and international financial center. As a result, the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area will become an endless world -class urban agglomeration.

There is a certain lag in the impact of education on economic development. Hong Kong colleges and universities have just started in cooperative schools in the Mainland. We have reason to believe that the development of higher education in the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area in the future will trigger from economy to this land from economy to The evolution of all aspects of society.

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