Hong Kong
Cantonese: hoeng 1 gong2
English: Hong Kong
Mandarin: xi ā ng g m: ng
Abbreviation: HK
Abbreviation: Hong Kong
Full name: People's Republic of China (PRC) Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)
Geographical location: Hong Kong is located in the south of China, east of the Pearl River Estuary, along the South China Sea, bordering Shenzhen in the north, the Pearl River in the west, facing the Macao Special Administrative Region across the Pearl River Estuary, and adjacent to the South China Sea on the other two sides. ?
Introduction:
Hong Kong is one of the highly prosperous international metropolises in the world. Hong Kong includes Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories. The total land area under its jurisdiction is 1 104.32 square kilometers. By the end of 20 14, the total population was about 7.264 million, ranking third in the world in population density.
Before 1840, Hong Kong was a small fishing village. During the period of 1842- 1997, Hong Kong became a British colony. After World War II, Hong Kong's economy and society developed rapidly, and eastern and western cultures met here and became one of the "four little dragons in Asia". 1 July 19971day, China officially resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hongkong and became one of the special administrative regions of China. Hong Kong is allowed to retain its original economic model, laws and social systems, and enjoy a high degree of autonomy in other affairs except foreign affairs and national defense.
Hong Kong is an important shipping hub and one of the most competitive cities in the international and Asia-Pacific regions, and its economic freedom index ranks first in the world for 2 1 year. ? Hong Kong is famous for its good social order, free economy and sound legal system. It is also called "Pearl of the Orient", "Gourmet Paradise" and "Shopping Paradise", and it is also one of the richest, most developed and highest living standards areas in the world.
Education policy: Education is one of the largest public expenditure items in Hong Kong, and the budgeted expenditure accounts for about one fifth of the total recurrent public expenditure. The government has set up a student financial assistance scheme to ensure that students will not be deprived of education opportunities due to financial problems.
Hong Kong's education system is roughly divided into the following parts:
Free preschool education: provide preschool children with opportunities to learn and get along with groups through private kindergartens and kindergartens.
Twelve-year free education: set up government-funded primary, secondary and pre-school education institutions in Hong Kong to provide six-year primary and three-year junior high school courses for school-age children in Hong Kong.
Senior high school and preparatory course: set up two-year senior high schools (Secondary Four and Secondary Five) to provide students with the most basic education before work; Set up two-year preparatory courses (Form 6 and Form 7) as the course preparation for students before entering the university.
Since September 2007, Hong Kong has implemented a new "three-three-four" academic system, that is, three years of junior high school, three years of senior high school and four years of university, replacing the traditional British academic system (three years) and implementing a four-year university system.
In 20 14, the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government expressed its willingness to cooperate with mainland city governments to implement the Hong Kong Children's School project in the local area, and the Hong Kong Education Bureau will provide support, including introducing the Hong Kong curriculum and the latest curriculum resource package produced by the Education Bureau to school teachers. However, we will not provide subsidies because subsidies have always been limited to schools in Hong Kong.
Educational institutions:
Higher education in Hong Kong includes statutory universities, statutory colleges, registered tertiary institutions, institutions under the Vocational Training Council and general institutions.
Statutory university refers to a statutory university that has been approved by the Chief Executive in Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and regulated by independent laws after the third reading of relevant laws by the Legislative Council. Up to now, there are ten statutory universities in Hong Kong, namely, the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Hong Kong Baptist University, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the City University of Hong Kong, Lingnan University, the Hong Kong Institute of Education, the Open University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Shue Yan University.
QS, an international higher education research institution, published the ranking of Asian universities in 20 12 years. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ranks first in Asia, third in the National University of Singapore, fourth in the National University of Seoul, and fifth in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, making Hong Kong universities win three seats among the top five universities in Asia.