​The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, today (October 15) proceeded to Chengdu, Sichuan, to continue her visit programme.

     Dr Choi met with the Director-General of the Department of Education of Sichuan Province, Professor Yu Xiaoqi, to discuss education issues of mutual concern. She said that Hong Kong and Sichuan Province have long maintained close ties, and both the Education Bureau and the Department of Education of Sichuan Province have been striving to advance education exchanges between Hong Kong and Sichuan since the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on education co-operation in 2013. She said she looks forward to expanding the collaboration based on the existing foundation.

     Dr Choi also visited Sichuan Changjiang Vocational College to understand the latest developments and prospects of local vocational education and met with Hong Kong people working in Chengdu to learn about their entrepreneurial experiences. She toured the Sichuan-Hong Kong-Macao-Taiwan youth exchange base and the Chengdu-Hong Kong industry-education integration park in the college. She learned about how the college promotes youth exchanges through diverse activities and fosters synergy between vocational education and various industries to cultivate skilled professionals required.

     During her meeting with the college leaders, Dr Choi noted that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has been promoting vocational and professional education and training (VPET) at different levels through a multipronged approach, adopting the strategy of fostering industry-institution collaboration and diversified development. It encourages the alignment of classroom education with industry needs and collaboration between businesses and education institutions, thereby providing diversified learning and employment opportunities and nurturing more high-quality talent with applied skills. Dr Choi said she expected to learn from the experiences of other regions in promoting VPET during the visit, and she was also pleased to see Hong Kong and Sichuan Province strengthen exchanges and co-operation in areas such as skilled talent cultivation and industry-education collaboration.

     Dr Choi will call on the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government tomorrow morning (October 16) and then conclude her visit and return to Hong Kong.

Ends/Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Issued at HKT 19:00

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