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Exclusive | Open University’s Zhaoqing campus to nurture talent, create job opportunities for Hong Kong’s youth, financial secretary says

  • The Open University of Hong Kong’s Zhaoqing campus expects 4,000 students in the first four years, rising up to 10,000 in the future
  • Over 4,660 Hong Kong companies have a presence in Zhaoqing as of 2019, representing 83 per cent of all foreign firms in the bay area city

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An artist’s impression of the Open University of Hong Kong’s Zhaoqing campus, which will be spread over 2,500 acres. Photo: Handout
Enoch Yiu

The Hong Kong government will fully support universities and higher education institutions looking to follow the Open University of Hong Kong’s recent move to expand in the Greater Bay Area, which will help to nurture talent and create job opportunities, said Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po.

The Open University in April signed an agreement with Zhaoqing Municipal Government and Zhaoqing University to establish a campus in the bay area city, which Chan described as a “significant milestone of talent exchanges and nurturing in the bay area”.

The new campus, occupying an area of 2,500 acres, will adopt English as the teaching medium for major professional programmes. While the university has not yet set a launch date, it expects to enrol 4,000 students in the first four years, eventually rising to 10,000 students, the same capacity as Hong Kong.

“I trust that the Open University of Hong Kong will be able to leverage its strengths in offering professional and practical programmes to contribute towards the talent development in the GBA,” Chan said in a written interview with the South China Morning Post about development in the bay area.
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po says Hong Kong’s cooperation with Greater Bay Area cities will lead to all round development. Photo: Nora Tam
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po says Hong Kong’s cooperation with Greater Bay Area cities will lead to all round development. Photo: Nora Tam
The Open University’s campus in Zhaoqing will create synergy, strengthen research cooperation and student exchange between Hong Kong and Guangdong, Chan said.
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