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An Exploration into the Sports Culture and National Sporting Event in Shenzhen (2025/26)
Summary
This circular memorandum invites primary schools (including special schools) to nominate Primary 4 to 6 students and teaching staff (including principals) to participate in the captioned programme. Relevant information will also be sent to schools via the “Fast Information Transmission System - School Messaging Module” (SMM).
Details
The Education Bureau (EDB) organises “Passing on the Torch Platform” Programme Series: An Exploration into the Sports Culture and National Sporting Event in Shenzhen (2025/26) (the Programme). In line with the school curriculum, the Programme aims at providing different learning experiences for students to enhance their understanding of aspects, such as sport culture and national sporting events of Shenzhen, thereby enhancing their sense of national identity.
The EDB has commissioned a service provider to organise a tour in Shenzhen, for one day, for Primary 4 to 6 students. Please refer to Annex 1 (Chinese version only) for details of the Programme and application procedures, and Annex 2 (Chinese version only) for the itinerary of tour.
Schools should proactively encourage students who have not joined any Mainland exchange programmes to participate in at least one subsidised Mainland exchange programme (MEP) in their primary and secondary stages. In addition, starting from 10 July 2024, non-Chinese citizens who are permanent residents of Hong Kong may apply for the “Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Permanent Residents (Non-Chinese Citizens)” from the China Travel Service Entry Permit Service Hong Kong Limited. Schools should remind eligible students to complete the application procedures soon so that they can use the E-channels at ports of entry for immigration clearance and need not fill in the Arrival Card when entering the Mainland, thus enhancing clearance efficiency. For details, please refer to the respective webpage (https://www.ctshk.com/mep/zh/nrep_notice_mep/).
Schools interested to participate in the Programme may download the application form from the website of the service provider from 17 March 2026. The completed application form should be returned to the service provider by email or fax within the specified period (Please refer to Annex 2) before the planned departure date of the tour.
Starting from the 2024/25 school year, schools will receive the latest itinerary information and application details of MEPs for students via the SMM. The EDB will continue to issue individual Circular Memoranda on MEPs and adjust relevant arrangements based on actual circumstances.
Enquiries
For enquiries about the enrolment and itinerary, please contact the service provider. For general enquiries of the Programme, please contact the Life-wide Learning and Mainland Exchange Section 2 of the EDB on 2892 6436. For more information about MEPs, please visit the “Passing on the Torch” website (https://www.passontorch.org.hk/en/index.html).
For further details of the Scheme, please refer to the Education Bureau Circular Memorandum No. 46/2026. (Download)