HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 4 March 2026 – The inaugural “Research in Hong Kong” Week (February 23 to March 1) was efficiently launched to advertise town’s attractiveness as a vacation spot for college students world wide to pursue greater training.
A significant spotlight was the celebrated Asia-Pacific Affiliation for Worldwide Training (APAIE) 2026 Convention and Exhibition, which ranks among the many world’s prime three worldwide greater training conferences. The occasion attracted over 3,500 main worldwide training professionals to discover the most recent traits and significant points in greater training.
Talking on the opening ceremony of APAIE 2026, the Hong Kong Particular Administrative Area (HKSAR)’s Secretary for Training, Dr Christine Choi mentioned, “To additional promote greater training in Hong Kong to the world, we’re dedicating this week because the ‘Research in Hong Kong’ Week, throughout which we’ll share our success tales and join extra carefully with companions worldwide.”
HKSAR’s Secretary for Training, Dr Christine Choi (second row, ninth left), visits the “Research in Hong Kong” Pavilion on the APAIE with different company
“Below the “one nation, two programs” precept, Hong Kong enjoys the distinctive benefits of being a part of China with robust assist from our Motherland and on the identical time being centrally situated in Asia.
“Our universities are globally recognised, with 5 of them inside the world’s prime 100 and Asia’s prime 20. Hong Kong claimed all prime 4 spots within the rating of the world’s most worldwide universities final yr. Certainly, one in each 4 of our college students come from outdoors Hong Kong. The proportion is even greater for tutorial workers, with round 70 per cent from elsewhere.”
Held underneath the theme “Asia-Pacific Partnerships for the World Good”, APAIE 2026 featured pre-conference workshops, summit boards, keynote speeches, and trade actions.
Dr Choi met with training officers and representatives from numerous areas on worldwide training improvement traits and co-operation. She held separate conferences with the State Secretary of the Ministry of Training, Analysis, Growth and Youth of the Slovak Republic, Mr Róbert Zsembera, and the Director Common of the Worldwide Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Training and Coaching of Vietnam, Dr Nguyen Thu Thuy, to trade views on the event, co-operation, and promotion of worldwide greater training.
Dr Choi additionally toured the “Research in Hong Kong” Pavilion, the place she discovered in regards to the promotional efforts of College Grants Committee (UGC)-funded universities and the way they develop worldwide networks to recruit college students from numerous areas for examine and trade in Hong Kong. She additionally visited different cubicles on the exhibition, exchanging views on greater training improvement with representatives from numerous nations and areas.
Dr Choi famous that Hong Kong, as Asia’s world metropolis, possesses benefits in international connectivity, world-class infrastructure, and wealthy cultural experiences that appeal to excellent expertise.
Throughout the Week, UGC-funded universities hosted campus excursions, permitting abroad company to expertise first-hand the fusion of numerous cultures from totally different areas. Universities additionally organised pupil trade actions to foster friendships amongst worldwide college students from totally different areas, deepen their understanding of Hong Kong, and assist them higher combine into native campus life.
“Whereas Hong Kong is very well-liked amongst college students from the Chinese language Mainland, these from different components of the world, particularly within the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Belt and Highway nations or areas, have elevated considerably lately,” Dr Choi mentioned.
“As we welcome extra non-local college students to our faculties and universities, we hope Hong Kong can function a springboard for them to interact with the Chinese language Mainland and the broader Asia-Pacific, and as a pathway to widen collaborations throughout this vibrant area.”
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