1 Introduction
1.1 Historical Overview of Mainland Chinese Students in HK’s Universities
In 1997, Hong Kong returned to the motherland, since then, she has had closer links with the mainland in various fields, including education. After gathering up and going through great mass of news from 2001 till 2014 posted on , the author provides a general historical overview of mainland Chinese students in HK’s universities. In 1998, no more than 580 non-local students, including at most 150 mainland Chinese students, could be admitted to eight universities in HK, which were the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Lingnan University, and Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIED) and which were all financed by the University Grants Commission (UGC). These 150 mainland students, who relied on the nomination and recommendation of mainland universities, could have access to more advanced educational resources. For example, there were 21 applicants enrolled in CityU through nomination and recommendation of mainland universities in 2000. In order to reduce their economic pressure, the Hong Kong Jockey Club that one of the largest charitable organizations in HK set up a “Hong Kong Jockey Club Outstanding Mainland Students Scholarship” project in 1998, aiming to fund these mainland students.In 2001, the admission policies were continued to be more flexible. Chinese Ministry of Education removed two restrictions: the first one was that at most 150 mainland students could be enrolled in HK’s universities each year, the second one was that limited mainland students among those 150 ones could benefit from the “Hong Kong Jockey Club Outstanding Mainland Students Scholarship” project. Besides, Chinese Ministry of Education and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region both permitted these students to work and live in HK after graduation if they would like. In 2002, the first nearly 150 mainland students got their bachelor degrees in HK’s universities, and a survey showed that 19 out of 24 ones graduated from PolyU, 8 of 23 ones graduated from CUHK and at least 3 ones graduated from CityU decided to work and live in HK.
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1.2 Purpose of the Study
There are many excellent high school graduates, including top scorers in the college entrance examination, choosing to study in HK’s universities and giving up the admission of the mainland famous universities. What are the advantages of the universities in HK attracting more attention from mainland students and their parents, for its internationalization, developed economy, diverse culture, university ranking in the world, advanced learning conditions, large amount of schola
