In Guangzhou, HK university welcomes postgraduates

"The opening of HKUST (Guangzhou) represents a new chapter in cooperation between Guangzhou and Hong Kong in education," said Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu. It is a milestone in developing an education and talent hub in the GBA."

In a video speech at the opening ceremony, Lee said the special administrative region would proactively promote educational exchanges and cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong, with the aim of integrating into the overall development of the country.

"We have achieved good progress in tertiary education cooperation, especially in areas such as cooperative education, student exchanges and collaboration on research and development," he said.