CE leads delegation to explore higher education development in Kazakhstan (with photos/videos)
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In the morning, Mr Lee visited Nazarbayev University and met with its President, Professor Waqar Ahmad, to exchange views on strengthening higher education collaboration between the two places. He then attended a signing ceremony for Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) between Nazarbayev University and Hong Kong higher education institutions. Mr Lee said that Hong Kong is the only city in the world with five universities ranked among the world's top 100. Hong Kong ranks first in Asia and fourth globally in the World Talent Ranking 2025. Mr Lee noted that Hong Kong is actively developing into an international post-secondary education hub and an international hub for high-calibre talent. The city is pressing ahead with building the Northern Metropolis University Town, promoting the "Study in Hong Kong" brand, and offering the Belt and Road (B&R) Scholarship. Currently, about 500 Kazakhstani students are studying in Hong Kong, making them one of the largest groups among Hong Kong's B&R student community. He welcomed more Kazakhstani students to come to Hong Kong for study and career development, and further promote people-to-people and cultural exchanges between the two places.
Mr Lee noted that Nazarbayev University is Central Asia's No. 1 university, and the place where President Xi Jinping first proposed the joint building of the Silk Road Economic Belt in 2013, marking the profoundly significant genesis of the B&R Initiative. Following the signing of an MOU with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology last year to launch the Bachelor of Business Administration in Eurasian Business programme, Nazarbayev University today signed MOUs with the Education University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to continuously deepen academic exchanges and research collaboration. Mr Lee said that the partnerships today are just the beginning for more education collaboration between Hong Kong and Kazakhstan in the future to jointly nurture talent with a global vision and contribute to the talent pool of the B&R Initiative.
At noon, Mr Lee attended a luncheon hosted by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr Han Chunlin. He expressed his gratitude to the Embassy for making meticulous arrangements for the visit and for its continued support to the work of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.
Mr Lee will depart later today for Uzbekistan.
Ends/Wednesday, June 3, 2026
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