Hong Kong signs MOU with Guizhou on education co-operation (with photos)

     The Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Department of Education of Guizhou Province today (August 22) held a signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on education co-operation in Guizhou to further enhance education exchanges and collaboration between the two places. The MOU was signed by the Under Secretary for Education, Mr Sze Chun-fai, and the Director-General of the Department of Education of Guizhou Province, Dr Zou Lianke.
 
     Mr Sze said that Hong Kong and Guizhou Province have long maintained close ties. Higher education institutions in the two places have been conducting professional exchanges through different means. Co-operation covers talent cultivation, student admissions and employment, and scientific research. On basic education, the Department of Education of Guizhou Province has been providing staunch support, facilitating the smooth conduct of Hong Kong students' study tours and exchanges on the Mainland. With the signing of the MOU today, Mr Sze enthusiastically looked forward to more diversified, broader and higher-level education collaboration between Guizhou and Hong Kong, and both working together to scale new heights in education interflow and co-operation.
 
     The MOU provides a framework to strengthen education exchanges and co-operation between Guizhou and Hong Kong. Initiatives include supporting collaboration in higher education and vocational education between the two places, development of the sister school platform, and international exchanges and collaboration with the two places, and encouraging teachers and students to conduct exchanges and mutual visits. Under the MOU framework, Guizhou and Hong Kong will further promote the sharing of education resources to complement each other, and work together to innovate, develop and cultivate talent for contribution to the country.